Joan Westenberg on Nostr: This is how modern oligarchs work. They don't burn books—they bury them in content. ...
This is how modern oligarchs work. They don't burn books—they bury them in content. They don't silence the news—they reframe it as entertainment. They don't kill publishing—they make it appealing to a four-quadrant audience.
https://www.theindex.media/democracy-dies-in-a-rebrand/Published at
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