the system incentivizes stupidity and greed, and punishes intelligence and altruism
The "marketplace of ideas" is a great name because a tiny number of people monopolize the national conversation with the stupidest shit imaginable, while our real intellectual needs get ignored because it doesn't generate profit for the people who own the media.
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quite a self own this
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because it could be a tool for real discourse if we could express ourselves honestly here!
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Is the media industry famously profitable? Everybody watch out, we've got a shill for Big Little Magazine here.
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Bingo
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So true. The bullhorn goes to the highest bidder every time.
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