the answer is higher plebs argue about hasan, chevron prints money, lower plebs think they are all coastal elites the goal of neoliberal politics to distract and delay, not change anything in the society as it works perfectly well
There was a blurb on one of the home pages I see at work along the lines of “People online are furious about Pete Hegseth’s wife’s dress… something something fast fashion”
And I’m thinking WHO TF are the people that read this crap, let alone participate in it? These media outlets figured out how to distract a huge chunk of humans endlessly and it’s bleak thinking about how much of our species is wasting away on slop.
the answer is higher plebs argue about hasan, chevron prints money, lower plebs think they are all coastal elites
the goal of neoliberal politics to distract and delay, not change anything in the society as it works perfectly well
There was a blurb on one of the home pages I see at work along the lines of “People online are furious about Pete Hegseth’s wife’s dress… something something fast fashion”
And I’m thinking WHO TF are the people that read this crap, let alone participate in it? These media outlets figured out how to distract a huge chunk of humans endlessly and it’s bleak thinking about how much of our species is wasting away on slop.
How much of traffic for those pieces can be safely assumed is bots now?
If somebody actually clicks on that they might as well be a bot anyways