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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the main function of the contemporary media: to convey the message that even if you’re clever enough to have figured out that it’s all a cynical power game, the rest of America is a ridiculous pack of sheep.

This is the trap.

-David Graeber, The Democracy Project

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You mean most people know better?

How could society signal to themselves that they know?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

No, it's more saying that media outlets convince people that they (the viewer) are the ones in the right, they are the ones in the know, and everyone else is dumb essentially.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's also a trap but I think the quote refers to something else.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Possibly, but I would need more context for a better interpretation than the conclusion I came to.