There were radio, televisions, and books. And while people had overall poor quality of education back then because of lack of access, Noam Chomsky mentioned people still try to educate themselves through reading.
The problem then and now is that mass communication is used by bad faith actors to emotionally manipulate the public into voting against their own interests. Back then, yellow journalism riled up jingoism. Goebbels and the Nazis saw potential use of radio for mass indoctrination, and made conscious effort to make radio cheaper and widely available in Germany.
Not sure what you mean, but communication itself and its effect on human culture does not change, no matter the media. You can draw a painting to de-humanise and incite hatred towards a group, or you can go on radio and incite hatred towards a group. Either way, both methods can be used to incite hatred.
also includes many lessons we’ve learnt since 1930s.
Sorry I forgot to address this.
Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t see how we learnt since. As we speak, a used to be unknown far-right party gained massive electoral votes in Romania. It turns out that they have been making their presence in social media, where older establishment politicians have no familiarity with. The bigger lesson that democratic and liberal forces should do is knowing to use new forms of media instead. Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama knew this very well.
The bigger lesson that democratic and liberal forces should do is knowing to use new forms of media instead. Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama knew this very well.
It is baffling to me that Waltz wasn’t on literally every brolosopher podcast the moment he was tapped. He should’ve been on Rogan lecturing people about what it means to be a man. Talking about how his empathy and responsibility shine through in how he governs, with programs like free school lunches. He should have gone on Charlie Kirk and Tucker Carlson’s show and called them weird to their faces.
To be fair, in 1930 people had little education and no internet. Today you don’t need to remember to understand what’s wrong with tariffs.
This makes the assumption that Internet usage makes one more intelligent. I am pretty sure there are plenty of counter-examples.
Let me tell you a little something about ✨declining media literacy✨
You can leave out “media”.
There were radio, televisions, and books. And while people had overall poor quality of education back then because of lack of access, Noam Chomsky mentioned people still try to educate themselves through reading.
The problem then and now is that mass communication is used by bad faith actors to emotionally manipulate the public into voting against their own interests. Back then, yellow journalism riled up jingoism. Goebbels and the Nazis saw potential use of radio for mass indoctrination, and made conscious effort to make radio cheaper and widely available in Germany.
The modern economic theory is too young for that to matter, and it also includes many lessons we’ve learnt since 1930s.
Not sure what you mean, but communication itself and its effect on human culture does not change, no matter the media. You can draw a painting to de-humanise and incite hatred towards a group, or you can go on radio and incite hatred towards a group. Either way, both methods can be used to incite hatred.
Sorry I forgot to address this.
Correct me if I am wrong but I don’t see how we learnt since. As we speak, a used to be unknown far-right party gained massive electoral votes in Romania. It turns out that they have been making their presence in social media, where older establishment politicians have no familiarity with. The bigger lesson that democratic and liberal forces should do is knowing to use new forms of media instead. Franklin Roosevelt and Barack Obama knew this very well.
It is baffling to me that Waltz wasn’t on literally every brolosopher podcast the moment he was tapped. He should’ve been on Rogan lecturing people about what it means to be a man. Talking about how his empathy and responsibility shine through in how he governs, with programs like free school lunches. He should have gone on Charlie Kirk and Tucker Carlson’s show and called them weird to their faces.
Am I talking to a chatbot?