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babsbunny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:19 PM Original message |
American Psychosis What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. No "it" doesn't. The media does. The media is NOT America. nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Frank Zappa had the essence of it many, many years ago.. |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Man, I wish Frank was still around. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. No excuses. The media has no power we don't give it with the "On" switch. n/t |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
2. And where the media can't find a sensationalist story to sell to the psychotic masses... |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hedges is brilliant and on the mark as usual. Highly recommend. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:29 PM Original message |
Duplicate post. Self delete |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. This insight blows me away. Resistance, says Hedges, will dramatically change. |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Rebellion won't have an easily definable purpose... |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I'm sorry, but television per se doesn't make people ignorant. I am a Boomer, watched TV enthralled, |
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reclinerhead (83 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-24-10 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. sort of chilling |
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