• Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    Because reality is left so academia (when allowed) skews left. But obviously, our masters can’t have leftists in a capitalist country gain any power, so they settle for liberalism, which is still capitalism and therefore right wing, but not so right-wing that you consider flat Earth theory valid.

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      11 months ago

      I remember from Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing consent is that the media may seem more sympathetic to us because it’s as left-leaning as you’re allowed to be. And even then, anything to the left of whatever slop is posted on /pol/ is considered blasphemy. Go ahead, go try to debunk the Bell Curve or say that anarcho-capitalism is not a flawless ideology. Folks will be shocked that anyone dares to question such sacrosanct beliefs.