Pro-Imperialism (Sort Of)

[Nguyen]

no, the real power in the US lies in the corporations and the ruling elite, much like Britain and other western societies. The journalists have an influence but themselves are under corporate rule. Universities have their part but probably more to do with the fraternities and those bizarre cults Bush and his cronies were supposedly members of

Is there something wrong with advocating a scientistic world view? that doesn't necessarily imply a technocracy.

I don't watch TV. I prefer to get the news from a variety of online sources.

Interesting post on WW2 - I'd say that one deserves a thread all of it's own!

hahaha. No. Corporations are just adjuncts. The ruling elite is the media and bureaucracy.

 

[DayOldHuman]

How the media be part of the ruling elite when most people ignore them as biased in one direction or the other?

 

[Accountable]

How the media be part of the ruling elite when most people ignore them as biased in one direction or the other?

Response Option #1: That's how they fool you into doing exactly what they want.


Response Option #2: If you've got to ask, you'll never know. It's a psychic thing.

 

[edgray]

hahaha. No. Corporations are just adjuncts. The ruling elite is the media and bureaucracy.

and the "media" doesn't consist of corporations? And what "bureaucracy" are you talking about? It's not a group of people:

Bureaucracy is the combined organizational structure, procedures, protocols, and set of regulations in place to manage activity, usually in large organizations.