@danwentzel
Also with the Machine Gun Registry closed for longer than I live, there are no new "Assault Weapons" and the few select-fire guns are already so expensive for decades, I've yet to see a single case of a school shooter even obtaining one.

#ViolenceCulture and #Mainstream #MassMedia rewarding #StochasticTerrorism with #Airtime, thus creating #PropagandaOfTheDeed that inspires copycats are the problem...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

"They Cloned Tyrone" on Netflix is sooooo much better than it needed to be. Juel Taylor used #blaxploitation tropes perfectly and hilariously and depressingly to launch an immanent critique of #BigTech and #SurveillanceCapitalism and #MassMedia #minstrelsy from an African American epistemology. So many bits and pieces of urban folklore and deep cultural references and so much heart and mind.

@georgetakei In a "sane" country [which is abliest btw] the issue would not exist not because of guns - they exist like alcohol, drugs and sexwork regardless of legality - but because #Mainsteam #MassMedia would not #reward #StochasticTerrorism with #airtime and thus push #PropagandaOfTheDeed whilst profiteering from tragedy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=240&v=K3VQULyT390

@adhdeanasl 24 Years of #Mainstream #MassMedia inciting and rewarding #StochasticTerrorism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

@dontreportme @popcornreel Simple, you just ignored the #InconvenientTruth:

In any other nation, #Mainstream #MassMedia doesn't reward said people with airtime!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

that's literally the root cause, cuz whilst similarly easy access to guns exist in Canada they don't have even.remotely the same.amounts of cases per capita (!!!)...

@dontreportme @popcornreel the core argument is that violence in the #USA isn't frowned upon, but acts of #violence like #StochasticTerrorism are being rewarded in #mainstream #MassMedia with #airtime for the #PropagandaOfTheDeed.

Germany has ~15M legally owned (official statistics) and at least 16,7M (known discrepancy of pre-1972 sales and amnesty registrations) but most likely > 40M illegally owned guns (estimates w/ inventory losses, smuggling and DIY since 1871).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No7BTPf52NM

Media e costruzione dell’identità nazionale cinese https://www.carmillaonline.com/2023/08/26/media-e-costruzione-dellidentita-nazionale-cinese/ #RepubblicaPopolareCinese #GianluigiNegro #GioacchinoToni #identitàcinese #nationbuilding #cyberpotenza #immaginario #Recensioni #propaganda #controllo #massmedia #economia #Politica #Media #CCTV #Cina

@dangillmor OFC not.

#Mainstream #MassMedia in the #USA is irredeemable garbage to the point that it's just filler in between commercials.

That's why they love #ViolenceCulture and #StochasticTerrorrism !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

@gcblasing It exists for a good reason:

Cops can't be trusted.

Also the problem ain't guns, but #ViolenceCulture that is being rewarded by #mainstream #MassMedia with airtime!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

Criminalità. Dei delitti e dei bugiardi. https://umanitanova.org/criminalita-dei-delitti-e-dei-bugiardi/ #narrazionidominanti #criminalità #repressione #propaganda #statistica #numero_19 #massmedia #Articoli #Analisi #governo #società #Stato #2023

@mgrass Personally I think that #MassMedia has to adapt and instead of toxic #Paywalling which only drives customers to #tinfoilhats that don't do that, they should embrace things like #Flattr, #kachingl and a regular #PayPal #donation button.

Or at the very least choose to make buying articles or an entire issue not more expensive and inconvenient as buying #print by having an easy #SMSpayment option like @heiseonline.

#Subscriptions are a #Downgrade unless they actually provide a #Service.

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"Historian Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies/#Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent #Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

Sull’anarchia, il potere, il pensiero…

"È chiaro che il pensiero dà fastidio

Anche se chi pensa è muto come un pesce

Anzi un pesce

E come pesce è difficile da bloccare

Perché lo protegge il mare

Com'è profondo il mare

Certo, chi comanda

Non è disposto a fare distinzioni poetiche

Il pensiero come l'oceano

Non lo

https://www.magozine.it/sullanarchia-il-potere-il-pensiero/

#Editoriale #anarchia #Anarchici #anarchismo #Bakunin #DarioFo #MassMedia #potere

@stux what is usually completely ignored is the #ViolenceCulture that has #Mainstream #MassMedia normalize #StochasticTerorrism and reward said perpertrators with #Screentime, honouring them with "Martyrdom" even outside of #Hategrooming forums like #KiwiFarms...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3VQULyT390

Because the problem is what people do to other people, not whether they chose a self-loading gun, an IED, chemistry, a knife or axe to hurt and kill.

#Einstein wasn't just brilliant in physics. He also understood the market dynamics of #capitalism and #oligarchies. The full text is contained in the image content.

I believe we've reached the time he foresaw.

#MassMedia #PolitcalRights #democracy #PrivateCapital #politics #ThoughtControl

Più guardo pubblicità di shampoo per capelli, compagnie telefoniche, profumi, televisioni a pagamento... più mi rendo conto che presentano una vita completamente all'opposto dalla realtà, una vita artificiale; non solo inesistente ma persino dannosa.
Una vita in cui lo spettatore è vittima che diventerà carnefice di altri appena abboccherà all'offerta.

#diario
#11luglio2023
#società
#social
#massmedia
#pubblicità

A qualitative content analysis of Time magazine covers related to environmental issues finds a pattern of negativity, absence of specifics, and lack of human connection. This pattern likely has significant effects on public discourse and understanding. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380237.2023.2166180
#Sociology #environment #massmedia #environmentalScience

Es curioso que en el #massmedia de este país salga como noticia Threads, y ni una palabra de #Mastodon

👁️ 👁️ Veo a mucho #MassMedia que se ha subido a la grupa del #mastodon

¡Qué querrán!

@raymondpert When the #MassMedia doesn’t report the ‘race’ of the apprehended (not killed) #MassShooter in #Philadelphia , nor that of his murder victims, you automatically KNOW the ‘race’ of BOTH the shooter AND the victims.

“All hate begins as self-hate.” - Dalai Lama

Among other needed #GunLaws , such as national #BackgroundChecks , pass #RedFlagLaws that are STRICTLY enforced - by the #FBI.