I think that people seriously overestimate how much of a shit that capital (justifiably imo) feels about left leaning media production. Make being leftist into a fashion statement or consumer choice and it is entirely defanged.
Yes, people really need to read up on Edward Bernays. It's a tried and true method to curb any revolutionary potential by packaging it to the masses as a way to express your individual nature via the market. There's also a 4 hour series from Adam Curtis called "The Century of the Self" that goes into how the likes of Bernays manifested marketing techniques
I think that people seriously overestimate how much of a shit that capital (justifiably imo) feels about left leaning media production. Make being leftist into a fashion statement or consumer choice and it is entirely defanged.
The last capitalist will sell us the rope, etc
Yes, people really need to read up on Edward Bernays. It's a tried and true method to curb any revolutionary potential by packaging it to the masses as a way to express your individual nature via the market. There's also a 4 hour series from Adam Curtis called "The Century of the Self" that goes into how the likes of Bernays manifested marketing techniques