Wali waxaa i weydiiya akhristayaasha iyo kuwa kale waxa aan ka qabo qoraalkii Edward S. Herman iyo Noam Chomsky ee 1988 Ruqsadaha Warshadaha: Dhaqaalaha Siyaasadeed ee Warbaahinta Warbaahinta. Jawaabtaydu had iyo jeer waa isku mid: waa lama huraan, caadil, iyo daraasad caan ah oo caan ah oo ku saabsan doorka warbaahinta shirkadaha Maraykanka ee ah xubin dacaayad ah oo loogu talagalay aasaaska boqortooyada qarankaas. In badan oo naga mid ah dhanka Bidixda, Ruqsadaha Warshadaha wuxuu ahaa mug muujin, mid si weyn u xoojiyey fahamkayaga sida iyo sababta "guud" warbaahinta Maraykanku u qabato shaqadaas. Buuggu wuxuu si gaar ah ii iftiimiyay doorka muhiimka ah ee ay ciyaaraan (ma aha sidaas) baalasha xorta ah ee warbaahintaas - New York Times gaar ahaan - dejinta xuduudaha cidhiidhiga ah ee Imperial ee doodaha siyaasadeed iyo siyaasadda la aqbali karo ee dabaqadaha qaranka ee aqoonta leh.
Wixii ka dambeeya warka
Weli, Herman iyo Chomsky iskamay dhigin inay akhristayaasha siinayaan wax aan ka ahayn xishood iyo furitaanka doorka warbaahinta Maraykanka ee loo dhan yahay ee doorka u adeegista. Falanqaynta nuxurka quruxda badan iyo "qaabka borobagaandada" ee Herman iyo Chomsky ay horumariyeen Ruqsadaha Warshadaha diiradda lagu saaray sida ay warbaahintu uga warrantay ugana faalloonaysay arrimaha โsiyaasadda arrimaha dibaddaโ ee Maraykanka (Boqortooyada Maraykanka). Isla qaabka aasaasiga ah iyo falanqaynta ayaa la waafajin karaa waana in lagu dabaqaa siyaasadda gudaha ee Maraykanka iyo bulshada sidoo kale (runtiina waxay ku jirtay qoraallo kala duwan tan iyo, oo ay ku jiraan kuwa Herman iyo Chomsky). Shirkadaha raasumaalka ah ee hormuudka ka ah shirkadaha warbaahinta Mareykanka ayaa si dabiici ah uga go'an horumarinta qaab-dhismeedka iyo fikradaha dulmiga "dhulka-hooyo" marka loo eego sida ay ula socdaan siyaasadaha iyo dacaayadaha Imperial ee la xiriira.
Isla mar ahaantaana, Ruqsadaha Warshadaha ma baarin waxa ay u badan tahay in ay tahay qaybta ugu weyn ee ka qayb qaadashada warbaahinta shirkadaha Maraykanka ee injineernimada "oggolaanshaha." In shaqada warbaahineed ee gudbinta afkaarta iyo dacaayadda u adeegta kuwa ka sarreeya heerarka sare ee qaranka ee boqortooyada iyo sinnaan la'aanta ay ku kooban tahay warka oo keliya. Si la mid ah haddaanay hawshaas uga muhiimsanayn waa warbaahinta "madadaalada". Ka fog in ay xaddidaan quluubtooda iyo maskaxdooda saamaynta ku leh (Aldous) "Huxlean" hawlaha weecinta ballaaran, mashquulinta, iyo dhallaanka, filimada Mareykanka (sida fadhi-ku-dhigga telefishinka Mareykanka iyo riwaayadaha iyo ciyaaraha fiidiyowga) ayaa si hodan ah loogu raray "Orwellian". โ nuxurka siyaasadda iyo fikirka. Sida Maxkamadda Racfaanka ee Mareykanka, Garsooraha Bennett C. Clark uu u sharraxay taageeridda xukunka toban qoraayaasha Hollywood ah iyo agaasimayaal diiday inay " qirtaan" xubinnimada Xisbiga Shuuciga ee hadda ama hore ee 1949, sawirada filimaanta Maraykanku waxay ciyaaraan "door muhiim ah" sida "xoog leh" dhexdhexaadka ah faafinta dacaayadaha." Isla sidaas oo kale ayaa laga yaabaa in si sax ah loo sheego lix iyo toban sano ka dib oo ku saabsan fadhi-fadhiyada telefishinka ee Maraykanka, riwaayadaha, "muujiyada dhabta ah," bandhigyada hadalka, iyo xitaa xayaysiisyada, oo ay weheliso warshadaha filimada, iyada oo aan la xusin ciyaaraha fiidiyowga iyo daabacaadda buugaagta iyo joornaalka intooda badan. .
Wax-soo-saarka doqonimada iyo naxariis-darrada
Laakiin xitaa balaarintan fahamkayaga ku saabsan doorka kaligii-taliska ah ee warbaahinta guud ee Mareykanka ee (maaha-sidaas) โdimuqraadiyadโ Ameerika ayaa soo gaabisay. Marka loo eego guud ahaan saamaynteeda dhinacyo badan leh iyo dhufashada la bixiyo, hadafka warbaahintu waxa uu ka xun yahay kaliya soo saarista ogolaanshaha guud. Hadafka dhabta ah waa dhismaha nacasnimada ballaaran - soo saarista nacasyada. Halkan waxaan ku isticmaalayaa ereyada "nacasnimo" iyo "doqon" asal ahaan Giriigga iyo Ateenay, mid ka mid ah ma aha nacasnimada laakiin halkii ay ka dhigan tahay danayste caruureed iyo taxadar la'aan ula kac ah oo ku saabsan arrimaha dadweynaha iyo dareenka. Sida Wikipedia u sharxaya, "Doqon dimoqraadiyadda Ateeniya waxa uu ahaa qof lagu sifeeyey iska-u-fiirsasho oo si gaar ah uga werweray gaar ahaan - liddi ku ah arrimaha guudโฆ gobolka),...'doqonnada' waxaa loo arkayay inay ku xun yihiin arrimaha bulshada iyo siyaasadda."
Aflaanta Maraykanka, fadhi-ku-dirirka telefishinka, riwaayadaha telefishinka, bandhigyada xaqiiqada telefishinka, xayaysiisyada, Bakhtiyaa-nasiibka gobolka, iyo ciyaaraha fiidiyowga, nooca ugu habboon ee Ameerikaanku maaha wax yar oo nacas ah dareenka reer Athens ee caadiga ah: qofka danaynaya wax yar oo ka badan wanaaggiisa ama iyada, hodantinimada, isticmaalka shakhsi ahaaneed, heerka shakhsi ahaaneed iyo guulaha. Doqonkan Ameerikaanka ah ee sharafta leh wax welwel ah kama hayo aayaha dadka kale. Isaga ama iyada ayaa si farxad leh u danaynaya qiimaha xun ee bulsheed iyo deegaan ee ay bixiyaan dadka kale iyo kuwa kale ee dareenka leh si ay u ilaaliyaan nidaamka hadda jira ee dulmiga ah ( fasalka, jinsiga, jinsiga, qowmiyadda, jinsiyadda, anthropocentrism, Boqortooyada, iyo in ka badan) at dal iyo dibadba.
Mawduuca dhaleecaynta ah, xumaanta iyo faafinta badan ee dhaqankan foosha xun ee saxaafaddu waa fikradda ah in dadka saboolka ah, aan la isku halleyn karin, la qasbin, halganka, iyo haddii kale ay riixayaan oo ay hoos u dhigayaan kuwa (sida rasmiga ah aan muuqan) ee dhismayaasha dulmigu waa kuwa aan mas'uul ahayn, shakhsi ahaan iyo dhaqan ahaanba aan jirin. ee aayahooda. Nooca warbaahinta Mareykanka ee nacasnimada reer Athens โwaa qiyaasi kartaa,โ sida uu yiri Henry Giroux, aragtiyaha dhaqameed ee bidixda (kaas oo ay ku jiraan falanqaynta nuxurka wanagsan ee filimada Mareykanka iyo bandhigyada telefishinada aan wararka ahayn ee shaqadiisa baaxadda leh ee ku saabsan โdhaqanka neoliberalismkaโ) , "arrimaha guud oo kaliya sida walaac gaar ah." Waxay ka shaqeysaa in "laga tirtiro bulshada luqadda nolosha dadweynaha si loo yareeyo" su'aalaha kala duwanaanshaha jinsiyadeed iyo dhaqan-dhaqaale ee "arimaha gaarka ah ee ... dabeecadda shakhsi ahaaneed iyo dhaqan xumo. Iyadoo la raacayo "mabda'a dhexe ee neoliberal in dhammaan dhibaatooyinka ay yihiin kuwo gaar ah halkii ay ka ahaan lahaayeen dabeecadda bulsheed," waxay muujinaysaa caqabadda kaliya ee sinaanta iyo ka qaybgalka dimoqraadiyadda macno leh "in ay tahay la'aanta is-caawinta mabda'a ah iyo mas'uuliyadda akhlaaqda" iyo doorashooyin shakhsiyeed oo xun. (Giroux). Dadaalka ay dowladdu ku doonayso in ay si macno leh wax uga qabato oo ay u wanaajiso (aan la xusin in la baabi'iyo) kala duwanaanshaha bulshada ee sinjiga, fasalka, jinsiga, qowmiyadda, jinsiyadda iyo wixii la mid ah ayaa si hagar la'aan ah loogu tilmaamaa kuwo aan waxba tarayn, wax-soo-saar lahayn, naรฏve, megalomaniacal, khatar ah, dhalanteed, wax soo saar leh, iyo "Amerikanka-diidka."
Nooc ka mid ah welwelka iyo ka-qaybgalka dadweynaha ayaa, si hubaal ah, u muuqda oo iftiiminaya dhaqanka warbaahinta shirkadda. Waxay qaadataa qaab inta badan naxariis daran, xitaa jawaab celin rabshad leh oo loogu talagalay kuwa aan u qalmin iyo kuwa sharka leh kuwa kale oo aan la cafin karin inay u hoggaansamaan xeerarka dhaqanka ee "neoliberal" ee warbaahinta raasamaalka ah. Habka isgaadhsiinta wax-soo-saarka doqonnimadu maaha mid ka soo horjeeda dawladda sekiba. Waxay ka soo horjeedaa waxa cilmi-nafsiga Faransiiska Pierre Bourdieu ugu yeeray "gacanta bidix ee dawladda" - qaybaha qaybaha dadweynaha ee u adeega baahiyaha bulsho iyo dimoqraadiyadeed ee aqlabiyadda aan hodanka ahayn. Waxay u dabbaaldegtaa oo haddii kale horumarisaa "gacanta midig ee dawladda" - qaybaha dawladda ee u adeega dadka laga tirada badan yahay, ciqaabta masaakiinta, oo weerarta dhoola-tuska isbeddelka ah ee "nin xun" kuwa iska caabiya ama loo arko inay iska caabiyaan si xun. nidaamka shirkadaha iyo nidaamka Imperial ee Maraykanka ee loo malaynayo inuu u naxariisto gudaha iyo dibaddaba. Booliis, xeer-ilaaliyeyaal, iyo shaqaale militari (oo ay ku jiraan xitaa toogte sociopathic ah oo lagu amaanay dilka in ka badan 150 Ciraaqi ah oo iska caabiyay duullaankii dambiilayaasha iyo qabsashadii qarankooda ee Boqortooyada Mareykanka ee sharafta leh) iyo taliyayaasha la dagaalama oo dilaa โnin xunโ kala duwan "Amerikan-diidka" "muqaawamada" iyo "argagixisada" iyo qalloocyo kala duwan iyo xagjirayaal kala duwan oo dibadda ah iyo "dalka hooyo") ayaa ah geesiyaasha ugu caansan iyo kudayashada warbaahintan; Difaacayaasha dadweynaha, qareennada kale ee difaaca, xorriyadda madaniga ah, u doodayaasha xuquuqda madaniga ah, dadka u dhaqdhaqaaqa nabada iyo wixii la mid ah ayaa sida caadiga ah loo soo bandhigaa sida ugu fiican ee nafis iyo xanaaqa "wanaagga sameeya" iyo ugu xun sida coddleyaasha xun xun iyo xitaa wakiilada sharka.
Qasacsanaan Aan Macquul ahayn iyo Ku-Xiddhsiinta Elektarooniga ah
Tani macnaheedu maaha in jiilka nacasnimada ee dareenka casriga ah ee nacasnimada dhabta ah aysan sidoo kale ahayn qayb dhexe oo ka mid ah howlgalka warbaahinta "caadiga ah". Caqli-xumada noocan oo kale ah ayaa si weyn loogu beeray dhammaan qaybaha warbaahinta "dalka hooyo". Ma jirto meel tan si cad uga muuqata xayaysiisyada joogtada ah ee xayaysiisyada dab-damiska ee daadiya warbaahinta Mareykanka. Sida uu naqdiye dhaqameedka Maraykanka ee Neil Postman uu xusay soddon sano ka hor, ganacsiga casriga ah ee telefishinka Maraykanka ayaa liddi ku ah tixgalinta dhaqaale ee macquulka ah ee ay hormoodka reer galbeedka ee hore ee nidaamka faa'iidada ay sheegteen in ay yihiin nuxurka hantiwadaaga. "Aragtiyeyaasheeda ugu muhiimsan, xitaa xirfadlayaasheeda ugu caansan," Postman ayaa xusay, "rasmaalnimada la rumeysan yahay inay ku saleysan tahay fikradda ah in iibsadaha iyo iibiyaha labaduba ay yihiin kuwo ku filan qaan-gaar ah, xog-ogaal ah, iyo macquul ah inay galaan macaamil ganacsi oo dano gaar ah leh." Ganacsiyadu waxay ka dhigaan "xashka" iimaankan. Waxay u heellan yihiin inay macaamiisha ka dhaadhiciyaan sheegashooyin aan caqli gal ahayn, iyaga oo aan ku tiirsanayn soo bandhigida halista ah ee caddaynta iyo doodda macquulka ah laakiin waxay ku tiirsan yihiin shucuur soo jeedin iyo sawir kicin leh.
Farsamooyin isku mid ah ayaa sunta siyaasadda doorashada Mareykanka. Maalgelinta lagu sameeyo xayaysiisyada ololaha khiyaanada iyo wax-is-daba-marineed ee furan ayaa caadi ahaan go'aamiya guusha ama guul-darrooyinka suuq-geyneed ee qaranka iyo tartannada calaamadaynta ee u dhexeeya murashaxiinta ganacsiga. Waxaa taas ka sii daran, qiimaha qaaliga ah ee ganacsi-ganacsigan khatarta ah ee siyaasaddu waxa ay wadaa kharashaadka ololaha ee aad u sarreeya si ay musharrixiinta uga dhigaan kuwo si aan macquul ahayn ugu tiirsan maal-geliyayaasha shirkadaha lacagaha waaweyn.
Jidka dhexdiisa, kartida garashada tirada badan waxaa lagu weeraraa kabuubyo, xawaare sare oo xayaysiis ah, kuwaas oo awood u leh in diirada la saaro maskaxda iyo ka-tashiga macquulka ah ku dhawaad โโโโlix iyo toban daqiiqo saacad kasta telefishanka fiilada (iyadoo 44 boqolkiiba xayeysiisyada shakhsi ahaaneed ay hadda u socdaan kaliya shan iyo toban ilbiriqsi). Cunsur laga yaabo inay ku jirto cudurka faafa ee Mareykanka ee ka baroor-diiqaya muddada dheer ee โFeejignaanta Deficit Disorderโ (ADD)?
Dhirta iyo Cawska
Halkani waa halka akhristaha aqoonta u leh New York Times, ka Washington Post, ka Financial Times, ka Wall Street Journal iyo suugaanta muhiimka ah ee Bidixda Maraykanka ayaa laga yaabaa inay dhexda u gasho in mid kasta oo ka mid ah kuwan iyo kuwa kale ee warbaahinta waaweyn ee shirkadaha ay soo saaraan tiro aad u badan, warbixin leh, tayo sare leh oo inta badan warbixin iyo faallo hufan oo mufakiriinta iyo dhaqdhaqaaqayaasha Bidixdu ay inta badan sheegaan si ay u taageeraan kiisaskooda isbeddel xagjir ah iyo dimoqraadi ah. . U fiirsashadu waa sax.
Tani miyay ka dhigan tahay in garabka midig ee xisbiga Tea Party FOX News ee garabka midig uu yahay mid sax ah marka ay sheeganayaan in warbaahinta "guud" ay leedahay eex xor ah iyo xitaa Bidix? Adag. Si loo fahmo sababta runta-doonayaasha bidixda ah ee ka soo horjeeda qaab-dhismeedka awoodda ay warbaahintu taageerto ay si caadi ah u heli karaan macluumaad waxtar leh marka la aasaaso wararka iyo xarumaha faallooyinka, waxaa muhiim ah in la ogaado in warbaahinta ugu badan ay farsamayso laba nooc oo kala duwan oo siyaasadda Maraykanka ah, siyaasadda, bulshada, "nolosha. "iyo dhacdooyinka hadda ee laba dhegaystayaal oo kala duwan. Ka dib shaqadii dhaleeceynta dacaayadaha Australiya ee quruxda badan Alex Carey (oo shaqadiisu ay ka caawisay dhiirigelinta Herman iyo Chomsky inay wax qoraan Ruqsadaha Warshadaha), waxaan ugu yeeri karnaa dhagaystayaasha ugu horreeya "grassroots." Waxay ka kooban tahay tirada guud ee muwaadiniinta shaqeeya iyo kuwa hoose. Ilaa hadda marka la eego madaxda ganacsiga ee leh oo maamula warbaahinta guud iyo shirkadaha bixiya warbaahintaas iibsashada xayeysiiska, "rabble" laguma aamini karo macluumaad dhab ah, daacad ah, iyo toos ah. Doorkeeda lama huraanka ah ee bulshada waa in la aamuso, si adag loo shaqeeyo, lagu maaweeliyo (sida dacaayad qani ah iyo dariiqooyin fikradeed, waa inaan xasuusannaa), wax iibsada, oo guud ahaan la sameeyo waxa loo sheego. Waa inay u daayaan go'aannada bulshada ee muhiimka ah kuwa qarnigii 20-aad ee hormuudka u ahaa caqli-yaqaanka dadweynaha ee Maraykanka iyo xamaasad-warbaahineed-sida Walter Lippman ( curiye weedha "soo-saarka oggolaanshaha," sida Herman iyo Chomsky ay xuseen) loogu yeero "ragga mas'uulka ah." Taas oo ah "caqli badan", deeqsinimo, "khabiir" iyo "mas'uul" ah oo mas'uul ka ah, runtii, guulaha sharafta leh sida niyad-jabka weyn, Dagaalkii Vietnam, duulaankii Ciraaq, hoos u dhac weyn, kulaylka caalamiga ah, iyo kor u kaca Dawladda Islaamka โ waxay u baahnayd, aragtida Lippman, in laga ilaaliyo waxa uu ugu yeedhay "ku tumashada iyo guuxa lo'da wareersan" (waxaa laga soo xigtay N.Chomsky, Nidaamyada Awoodda [2013], 81). Kooxdan la qalday, beesha hoose, dabaqadda shaqada ee khatarta ah badankeeda ("proles" ee George Orwell's Sagaal iyo Sideetan Afar) ma aha dhagaystayaasha xubnaha sare sida Times, ka Post, iyo Journal.
Kooxda labaad ee la beegsanayo waxay ka kooban tahay dabaqadda siyaasadeed ee khuseysa ee dadka Maraykanka ah ee ka soo jeeda ugu badnaan shanta sare ee bulshada. Kani waa kan akhriya Times, Post-ka, iyo Joornaalka. U yeer dhagaystayaashan (mar kale ka dib Carey) "geedo geedo ah": dadka muhiimka ah iyo kuwa u qalma oo lagu aamini karo wax aad u dhow oo ku saabsan sheekada dhabta ah sababtoo ah maskaxdooda ayaa si habboon loo edbiyey oo lagu sasabtay mushahar sare, madaxbannaani goobta shaqada, iyo shahaado sare, "gaar ah" waxbarasho iyo xirfadeed. Qeybtaan waxaa ku jira shaqsiyaadka mudnaanta leh iyo kuwa sida aadka ah loo bartay sida maamulayaasha shirkadaha, qareenada, maamulayaasha dadweynaha, iyo (inta badan) macalimiin jaamacadeed. Maaddaama muwaadiniintan aadka u sarreeya ay fuliyaan hawlaha muhiimka ah ee bulshada ee kor-ka-hooseeya ee kormeerka, anshaxa, tababarka, niyad-jabka, isku-dhafka, iyo caqli-galnimada, si fiican looma marin habaabiyo dhacdooyinka iyo siyaasadda hadda jirta iyada oo aan cawaaqib xun laga helin habsami u socodka shaqada. nidaamka bulsho iyo siyaasadeed. Waxay u baahan yihiin xog waafi ah, waana inaan si xad dhaaf ah loo saamaynin dacaayadaha arxan darada ah iyo kuwa nacasnimada ah ee loo abuurayo dadka faraha badan. Isla markaana xog-ururinta iyo faallaynta ganacsatada iyo dabaqadaha siyaasadda ee ay khusayso iyo kuwa la ixtiraamo iyo maamulayaashooda iyo isku-duwayaashooda ay mararka qaarkood ka turjumayaan doodo caqli-gal ah oo dhex mara dadka aqoonta u leh sida ugu habboon ee loo maamuli karo bulshada iyadoo la eegayo danaha dadka mudnaanta leh. Taasi waa sababta mufakiriinta xagjirka ah iyo dhaqdhaqaaqayaasha ay ka heli karaan wax badan oo loo isticmaalo qaybaha warbaahinta sare sida kuwa New York Times, ka Washington Post, ka Wall Street Journal, ka Financial Times iyo warbaahinta kale ee treetops. Mufakarka ama dhaqdhaqaaqa noocaas ahi, runtii, wuu doqon doonaa inuu la tashado ilahan haddii ay haystaan โโwakhti iyo tamar ay sidaas ku sameeyaan.
Paul Street buuggiisii โโugu dambeeyay waa They Rule: The 1% v. Democracy (Paradigm).
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Maskaxdayda, tani waa tan si fudud loo sharraxay ee wax-soo-saarka dhaqameed, laakiin waxaa jira dhinac fikradeed oo ku shaqeeya heer aad u qarsoon oo aan la taaban karin. Ka fikir filimka caanka ah ee carruurta Wally, halkaas oo shirkadaha hungurigu ay burburiyaan dhulka. Ama filimada The Matrix ama V ee Vendetta, naqdin cad oo hanti-wadaag ah. Xaqiiqdu waxay tahay, dhaqanku wuxuu ku badan yahay dhaleeceynta hanti-wadaaga sababtoo ah heerka fekerka, waan ogaan karnaa waxaan sameyneyno laakiin weli waan sii wadeynaa samaynta (sida qof kastaa "u og yahay" in xayeysiisyada iyo xayeysiisyada siyaasadeed ay yihiin kuwo boob ah haddana waxay ku sii jiraan caqli-xumadooda. aaminsanaanta.
Tani waa aagga aragtiyeed ee u baahan shaqo dheeraad ah, fikradayda. Dhanka Chomsky, wuxuu sidoo kale ku doodayaa in maskax-dhaqidda aan lagu guuleysan, taasoo horseedaysa "deficit dimoqraadiyadda". Si kale haddii loo dhigo, wuxuu u muuqdaa inuu rabo labada dhinacba. Ma jiro wax shirqool ah, dhammaan waxay ku dhacaan muuqaal cad (Davos, tusaale ahaan) laakiin miyir-qabkayaga hoose ayaa calaamad u ah siyaalo si khaldan loo soo bandhigay.
another important and thought provoking article by Paul. I have posted a link on FaceBook at https://www.facebook.com/frank.kashner . Michael, your spurning of capitalist media like FB, limits the distribution of Z content, to the detriment of Zโs authors and those of us who want to see a larger audience for their work.
Many will be familiar with James Loewenโs LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME (if not, read it immediately). He refers therein to an important survey of people in the U.S. that illustrated that the more education one had, the more support there was for the American War in Viet Nam. (Those who most financially/professionally benefited from the system, tended to believe in it and its messages.)
Thus, there is a parallel, those who most likely read the NYTimes, are most directly influenced by it. This makes sense, and this body of readers may well be described as the survey Loewenโs tells about as being the elite, for lack of a better term.
Waxa Bawlos uu ka sheegayo TV-ga iyo filimada waxa ay gaadhaan dadwayne/koox aad u balaadhan kuwa sameeya akhyaartana si cad ayay u fahmeen tan warbaahintan waxa loo adeegsadaa in ka badan NYTimes iyo wargeysyada waaweyn ee la midka ah si loo sameeyo ama loo qaabeeyo fikirka guud.
U.S. movies and TV reach a worldwide audience and when I was living outside the U.S. for many years I had access to this on television. I often thought of the image formed not only in the U.S. but throughout the world by this media.
The so-called โproduction valuesโ of TV and movies are highly developed and effective at drawing in viewers. Constant programming of programs like โLaw and Orderโ and โNCIS,โ to name only two, formed a powerful image of authority, police, military, and other organizationsโ effectiveness and integrityโwhether it was a realistic evaluation or not.
โIdiocyโ is the right word to describe what is formed, moral idiocy, more accurately, in the U.S. Often, however, people in other countries have a real life experience with U.S. authority and power that to a degree neutralizes this, but not nearly enough.
Here in the U.S., over and over, I see how professionally credentialed people have little or no insight into reality, the filter(s) formed by highly sophisticated indoctrination is remarkable. Often when โpeople in the knowโ see in individual cases the faux image can write it off as โexceptionalโ instances of wrongdoing or โmistakes,โ not mirroring the general idiotic nature of the surrounding culture. An obvious example is the โmistake of Viet Nam,โ not as an example of the venality, violence, stupidity, and brutality that is also endemic to the U.S. Many more examples could be givenโcenturies of black slavery, extermination of native peoplesโฆno need to go on in this brief response to Paulโs article.