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X vs. traditional news media

Let's see which propaganda wins

It’s funny that the moment we all suddenly got really clear eyed about how capital & power wields trad media, most non boomers dropped Fox and MSNBC en masse… andddd we all shifted straight to algo-feeds and “content creators.” 

the legacy media issues are real, but new media is just as bad

We are not closer to the truth reading our substacks, we just each have our optimized feeds. Everyone has their influencers, their “current thing”. Platforms surface or repress according to their interests. Reporters and influencers fight for attention, streamers scrapping it out in an ever escalating war for reactions

Our perception is “alternative media,” but it’s just a new, enormous industry. Highly centralized, too. It feels different though, and we enjoy imaging ourselves as rational. The independent thinkers, blissfully unaware

RFK Jr. just gave the Senate a mic drop.

"We will make sure our tax dollars support healthy foods. We will scrutinize the chemical additives in our food supply."

"We will remove financial conflicts of interest from our agencies. We will create an honest, unbiased, gold standard… https://t.co/PDk1NzjaJJ

George

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I know absolutely nothing about this specific situation, wasn't trying to comment on it really more just the info environment in general

fun fact I sort of know rfk through a family friend, funny guy, somewhat insane but cool in other ways too

I'm unclear on how the trump admin plans to ensure healthy outcomes while also dismantling the regulatory state, feels like the two plans are entirely at odds but we'll see

no doubt that the modern neoliberal order (reagan, thatcher to obama, marco rubio) thoroughly restructured regulatory states around market logic. privatization, financial deregulation, hedgefund governance. 

trump's own platform has followed this trajectory from 2016 to 2024, guy used to talk about like carried interest lol, all that was scrapped pretty quick. the realpolitik of needing to win increasingly expensive elections hits hard, for dems too. not partisan at all, really. remains to be seen whether our parents are the last generation to receive social security, or if the ineffective EPA is replaced by anything beyond vibes. just doubt working people win much regardless of party in power

very unclear to me how kennedy would actually accomplish any of the regulatory stuff that might make our food supply cleaner, big ag, energy has a lot of influence and little upside in cutting back on the stuff they do that makes our food supply so unhealthy. we'll see!

Very simple answer. The regulatory state has been captured by corporate interests a long time ago. The FDA and education department and FCC are genuine enemies of the people. They were totally dismantled over the last few weeks and they will be rebuilt by someone who has spent his enter life suing anti human and anti environmental attackers. RFK was a Democrat for 30 years, why would he change now? He’s worth 100s of millions of dollars by himself. 

The good thing is this is happening already and if everyone gets confirmed and stays alive then we will see what the outcome is in 6-12 months and then there won’t be any doubt.