Excellent post, loved hearing a throwback to where so many of us were years ago. The trust in media sources chart was awesome to see as well. Turns out republicans just don't trust much of anything.
I wonder though, is it really a problem if we all believe in something that's false. I don't want to get too philosophical about what is truth and all that but I'd argue that we do all believe in things that are false right now and just don't know it.
Thank you sir, great points! I like AJ Bauer's similar points in there, referencing Gramsci, that truth is created by hegemony — ie that it's not necessarily "true" so much as manufactured to be viewed as true. (I might be butchering that a bit, but that's the gist.) Definitely good fodder for thought.
Excellent post, loved hearing a throwback to where so many of us were years ago. The trust in media sources chart was awesome to see as well. Turns out republicans just don't trust much of anything.
I wonder though, is it really a problem if we all believe in something that's false. I don't want to get too philosophical about what is truth and all that but I'd argue that we do all believe in things that are false right now and just don't know it.
Thank you sir, great points! I like AJ Bauer's similar points in there, referencing Gramsci, that truth is created by hegemony — ie that it's not necessarily "true" so much as manufactured to be viewed as true. (I might be butchering that a bit, but that's the gist.) Definitely good fodder for thought.