The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News

Post by rayiner » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:36 AM UTC

AWildC182 wrote: post #231

rayiner wrote: post #197

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And yuppies reading the news and then going back to buying $12 avocado toast won’t do a damn thing to help those people.

Don't the yuppies generally vote democrat and the democrats usually oppose these things while the very-not-yuppies tend to vote GOP and the GOP usually likes/is ambivalent about these things? Like, I get it, gotta grab a side in The Culture Wars, but we should at least be fair about it shouldn't we?

Post by taurath » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:40 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #157

steelframe wrote: post #14

I stopped reading the news about a year ago. I felt like my emotions were being manipulated by a sharply-honed system built precisely to invoke outrage and draw you in to read more and more of it. I've been able to direct my focus and energy to much more productive tasks since I disconnected. Of course I entirely missed that whole Supreme Court thing until after it was over, and I have no idea what people around me a…

It needs to be pointed out that this is an option that originates from privilege. Ignoring the news means ignoring politics. Ignoring politics is tacit support of the status quo. The status quo does not put everyone on equal footing. Disadvantaged people would therefore suffer more from disengaging with the news than people of privilege.

Post by old-gregg » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:45 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #230

old-gregg wrote: post #191

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I disagree. News != politics. In fact, if I replace the "status quo" in your statement with "reality", the meaning will change significantly. I don't need a journalist to tell me that the healthcare situation (to pick an example) is absurd, or that taxation (fed+state) in some states is already at European levels, yet without any healthcare or education benefits. It's easy to be aware of these facts, you just have to…

I don't know what you are intending to mean with your first point. Yes, you can change a word in my comment to a word with a different meaning and it will change the meaning of what I said. That doesn't mean what I said isn't true. Healthcare is really too big and broad of an issue to really highlight what I am saying here. There is no way not to at least be aware of it if not interact with it and it has been one of…

   > I don't know what you are intending to mean with your first point. 
   > Yes, you can change a word in my comment to a word with a different 
   > meaning and it will change the meaning of what I said. 
   > That doesn't mean what I said isn't true.

Post by Aeolun » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 3:52 AM UTC

XaoDaoCaoCao wrote: post #223

slg wrote: post #157

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It needs to be pointed out that this is an option that originates from privilege. Ignoring the news means ignoring politics. Ignoring politics is tacit support of the status quo. The status quo does not put everyone on equal footing. Disadvantaged people would therefore suffer more from disengaging with the news than people of privilege.

You're out of your ing mind. One of tbe greatest abuses that lower classes have to endure is the 24 hour propoganda and emotional hijacking machine known as "the news". God forbid people have the freedom to have cognitive peace, quiet, contemplation, and free play. If anything, the "disadvantaged" have more to gain from disengaging from constant cognitive hijacking!

Post by iamkroot » Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 4:01 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #157

steelframe wrote: post #14

I stopped reading the news about a year ago. I felt like my emotions were being manipulated by a sharply-honed system built precisely to invoke outrage and draw you in to read more and more of it. I've been able to direct my focus and energy to much more productive tasks since I disconnected. Of course I entirely missed that whole Supreme Court thing until after it was over, and I have no idea what people around me a…

It needs to be pointed out that this is an option that originates from privilege. Ignoring the news means ignoring politics. Ignoring politics is tacit support of the status quo. The status quo does not put everyone on equal footing. Disadvantaged people would therefore suffer more from disengaging with the news than people of privilege.