General to Informed Tankie · 10 months agoAll over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisieimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1103arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: quotes
arrow-up197arrow-down1imageAll over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake "public opinion" for the benefit of the bourgeoisieGeneral to Informed Tankie · 10 months agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: quotes
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minus-squarecfgaussianlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoNice fairy tale. Sadly not how reality works.
Nice fairy tale. Sadly not how reality works.