I feel weird reading about the current moment being in parallel with other pandemics where people try to completely memory hole the entire event. I just don't have that experience. The pandemic was a singularly illustrative moment where we got to watch the system we live under actually act and react instead of maintaining the status quo.
Sure, but you also saw them sociologically end the pandemic with the context of understanding how media and power can maintain a cultural hegemony, right? A lot of people lack the same context that gives us the ability to view the flow of information as an outsider. We've been exposed to enough Parenti, Chomski, and hypocrisy that gives us a stable footing while they've gotten washed away in the flood of information.
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I feel weird reading about the current moment being in parallel with other pandemics where people try to completely memory hole the entire event. I just don't have that experience. The pandemic was a singularly illustrative moment where we got to watch the system we live under actually act and react instead of maintaining the status quo.
Sure, but you also saw them sociologically end the pandemic with the context of understanding how media and power can maintain a cultural hegemony, right? A lot of people lack the same context that gives us the ability to view the flow of information as an outsider. We've been exposed to enough Parenti, Chomski, and hypocrisy that gives us a stable footing while they've gotten washed away in the flood of information.