The galaxy brain chain doesn't end there. The next step is realizing that the line "news is propaganda" is itself propaganda to make social media dwellers think they're safe because social media is not "news", and absorb social media propaganda more uncritically.

The galaxy brain chain doesn't end there. The next step is realizing that the line "news is propaganda" is itself propaganda to make social media dwellers think they're safe because social media is not "news", and absorb social media propaganda more uncritically.

https://x.com/ModernDadSG/status/1803553694723756431

This meme is about cable news. What about the papers? There is this halo of credibility around the papers which makes their biases even more sinister. WaPo with its smug slogan “democracy dies in darkness”. When I was interested in geopolitics, I read WaPO and NYT but also Nikkei and Straits Times for balance.