Dare Obasanjo

The media decides who the villains or the heroes are arbitrarily and turn the machinery of the state against them.

We see this play out with conservative media creating a moral panic around LGBTQ people and states passing repressive laws.

We see this in tech with Apple getting a pass on China.

Jul 3, 2023 at 4:18pmWeb
Show threadAlex StamosJul 3, 2023
@carnage4life “Chinese citizens are having their phone backups turned over to the Ministry of State Security because Apple didn’t threaten the business model of The New York Times Co.” is another dystopian thread in our shard of reality.
Show threadjosh ledgardJul 3, 2023
@carnage4life the media creating villains or exploiting latent racism for ratings making it ok to hate again?
Show threadDare ObasanjoJul 3, 2023

@joshledgard you described the same phenomenon with different words. Nothing brings people together like a common enemy.

The chooses who that enemy is in a lot of contexts.

Show threadjosh ledgardJul 3, 2023
@carnage4life I don’t disagree, the subtle difference was “the media decides” vs “shitty deplorables lead the media”. See Fox News realizing they need to change the lie to stop the bleeding to newsmax. The viewers led them.