If a large part of the information that you receive about what is

happening in the world passes, at some point, through the lenses and
lters of the mainstream media, face it: you are in the dark about what
is happening in the world.Thats because that information is crucially
shaped by an extremely small part of society, which reports and
portrays information from its own biased perspective--though it loudly
portrays its reports as objective, honest, fair, and pro-social, and most
people believe that, generally implicitly.
That extremely small part of society is those who are extremely
wealthy, and who own virtually all of the media.
The interests of the extremely wealthy are different than the interests
of most of us. For example, when there is a bombing, some people
suffer terribly. Every time there is a war, human societys suffering is
immense. But the rich owners of war industries earn big big bucks
every time a bomb is dropped, a missile is sent, or a tank, plane, ship,
etc. is built. This is only the beginning of the ways in which war prots
the wealthy much more than it prots others, while it costs the wealthy
much less than it costs others. So the wealthy are war mongers--the
poor are the shedders of the blood, sweat, and tears wars bring. The
Repiglicans, the party of the fat cats, love war. The Democrats are
some-what more oriented towards real human concerns.
For another example, the rich do not want to have socialistic elements
in society--because doing so raises their taxes. They proclaim that
any socialism breeds laziness and immorality, kills motivation, and is
inherently violent, unjust, and unfruitful. For poor people, however--for
poor people, who are valuable parts of society; whose poverty is
usually or very often caused by other people, not themselves or even
their own family, near or far; who do a vast amount of necessary work
for society; and who are routinely extremely discriminated against in
numerous economically impactful ways--for poor people, socialistic
elements in society are a blessing, often a salvation from abject
poverty.
Capitalism runs so extremely rough-shod over poor people, especially
and crucially over poor people in other countries, that any person with
goodness in them, were they aware of this aspect of what is and has
been going on, would willingly sacrice some of their surplus to meet
the desperate need of those whose work benets them.
But whose point of view are we all exposed to, day in and day out?
That of the rich people, who own the media, of course. They are very
pleased, thank you, with the way things are going! They are much
much richer than the richest Kings of the past! Many rich children are
raised without one little bit of appreciation for the struggles of poor
people,or the realities of poor people, and without one little bit of
empathy for them. Many rich adults never have acquired any of this
appreciation or empathy.
And plenty of poor and middle income people, sadly, agree with the
rich. They really want to pay less tax! Lets have less government! The
propaganda to which we have all been subjected in massive
quantities , while we didnt even realize that we were being lied to and
duped, has worked! Many not wealthy people support the Repiglican
party. We, all of us, are deluded.
Consequently, we live in a world where the abundance of the vast
extremes of superuous wealth and starving poverty speak volumes
about our puny morality, our dim spirits, our bankrupt religion, our
shoddy characters, our stupid and hyper selshness, our undeveloped
sense of siblinghood, our lack of caring, our primitive humanness, and
our abysmal lack of intelligence.
Public television and public radio are a little bit better than commercial
media--but because they are controlled by the Congress, and the
Congress is to an amazing and distressing degree owned by wealth,
lock, stock, and barrel--they are not much better. When the public
media tell facts that are uncomfortable to the wealthy, they are
redirected quickly.
Link TV, a station available on satellite TV systems, is much better. Its
programming is often enlightening. It offers a refreshing breath of truth
based television, in our current desert of big-money blahoney. The
material on Link TV is vastly superior. Of course, it will sooner or later
degrade.
But most people rely on the mainstream media as if it were true. That
is the universe they know. Thoughts like these of mine are deemed
from the radical fringe--probably closely related to terrorism! I am
monitored closely.
The depth of our ignorance is monumental. In the depth of our
ignorance, we, as a society, act poorly much of the time, and often
atrociously. And we think that we are so good!
Study up, people! Inform yourself about the real world! Dont accept
what the media tells you!
We are in pressing need of wise behavior!
We are in crying need of pro-social people!
We got to get beyond the ME ME ME!!!
Note:
Its not that all rich people are selsh. But there is a very high
correlation between being rich and being selsh.