There are a lot of reasons for the downfall of the #USA but a big one is the purchase of traditional #media by plutocrat goons

Look at this fucking shit:

EDIT: some people are angry that i am potentially misleading because this isn't a recent headline. i am trying to make a point about the decay of traditional media and our current state of things. but yes, this is is from 2014, after #bezos bought WaPo. my point still stands, and you should follow my account for commentary, not breaking news

@benroyce Please say that it's 14 years old! When did Bezos buy the WP? (Rhetorical question)
Until now I trusted your posts. But using content in such wild combinations, sorry ...
Edit: more than 11 years.

@NatureMC

You are very right, this post is from April 25, 2014, More than 11 years ago.

I hope that it is an oversight from Ben Royce, but otherwise it is very disappointing.

@benroyce

@paulschoe @NatureMC @benroyce By browsing thru the comments I am not astonished by the fact how few acutally looked up the article (at least the date) or read it (or beware, at least read an abstract of the book by Ian Morris if not the book itself). This just shows that (and Ben should have known this as he left out the date) how easy it is also in the „friendly fediverse“ to misguide people and how lazy and unread most of them are.
@Linkshaender 👍🏼 Therefore my decision: Not boosting posts without a source that allows to verify the facts. @paulschoe @benroyce

@NatureMC @Linkshaender @paulschoe

and why did you ever not do that, if it's so important to you

i feel like i am being roped into a newsroom, as if i am paid reporter. none of which i am