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Zorra

(27,670 posts)
2. It would be a really good thing if everyone killed their televisions. Seriously.
Sat Sep 8, 2012, 01:21 PM
Sep 2012
"HOW CAN 59,054,087 PEOPLE BE SO STUPID?!?"


The answer to this question is very simple: TELEVISION

“The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks, with luxury items for the few and toxic slag heaps for the many. The glittering mansion overlooks a vast sprawl of shanty towns, wherein a desperate, demoralized humanity is kept in line with drugs, television, and armed force.”
~ Michael Parenti

“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture.”
~ Allen Ginsburg

"“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind”
~ Jim Morrison

“If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it.”
~ Frank Zappa

"There's someone in my head, but it's not me"
~ Roger Waters

“Most people gaze neither into the past nor the future; they explore neither truth nor lies. They gaze at the television.”
~ Radiohead

“Calvin:"It says here that 'religion is the opiate of the masses.'...what do you suppose that means?"
Television: "...it means that Karl Marx hadn't seen anything yet”
~ Bill Watterson

“People are sheep. TV is the shepherd.”
~ Jess C. Scott,


"Television is the opium of the masses"
~ Everyone familiar with Marx who does not watch television

Really, try not watching television for 1 year.

DannnG!!!!!! mfcorey1 Sep 2012 #1
It would be a really good thing if everyone killed their televisions. Seriously. Zorra Sep 2012 #2
TV isn't the culprit. It's merely a conduit of information.... Cooley Hurd Sep 2012 #3
Television encourages apathy Scootaloo Sep 2012 #8
I totally agree; my dad was Berlin Expat Sep 2012 #17
Haven't "Watched TV" as an activity in nearly a decade Scootaloo Sep 2012 #21
I get bugged by the conflict the show has to create to be a show socialindependocrat Sep 2012 #29
It's not really that black and white tavalon Sep 2012 #23
+1. bbgrunt Sep 2012 #4
Yes! I unplugged mine several years ago and put it on the closet shelf. HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #5
+ 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 NRaleighLiberal Sep 2012 #7
2/3 of my life has been without tv dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #9
Been without it for awhile now. Le Taz Hot Sep 2012 #19
I was just thinking about that Daily Mirror cover today. Zoeisright Sep 2012 #20
I haven't gotten my news from a TV in years sellitman Sep 2012 #24
Some great quotes there! CrispyQ Sep 2012 #25
A google search of her name brought up this rebuttal by CNN FedUpWithIt All Sep 2012 #6
I wish they would fact-check the lies spewed by rethugs every day BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #13
It's what you watch BrainMann1 Sep 2012 #10
The Greenwald pushback NJedwina Sep 2012 #11
The Telegraph is a right wing rag; a very untrustworthy source of information. nt Zorra Sep 2012 #22
CNN jumped the shark when Ted sold the store... WCGreen Sep 2012 #12
Also when Bernard Shaw left. Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #27
yep heaven05 Sep 2012 #14
In 3/2012, Lyon was laid off from CNN..unrelated move..to outsource its investigative documentaries. proverbialwisdom Sep 2012 #15
She's just telling us what we all suspected here at DU. laundry_queen Sep 2012 #16
Thanks! I've added a brief reference to the Wikipedia article on the Bahraini uprising. Jim Lane Sep 2012 #18
There really was a time that CNN was a trusted network. Now I don't trust any network on southernyankeebelle Sep 2012 #26
I've run into a few people who believe CNN is "fair"... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #28
I read everyone's comments on TV above... Blanks Sep 2012 #30
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