in soviet russia, drudge report reads you
I've always wondered what it would have been like to live under Stalin or Mao, and to have millions of people starving to death while the newspapers and wall posters cheerfully announced bumper crops and new state triumphs in planning and production. While the scale is surely not the same, I take delight in every headline announcing that the surge is working, the U.S. has turned the corner in Iraq, and the economy is on the verge of a massive rebound. Turns out you don't actually need state-owned media to produce a massively unreal information climate. Iran's small boats are a big problem!I wish only to be a Stakhanovite for the new freedom and prosperity.
posted by Chris Bray @ 8:34 PM
3 Comments:
What odd times we live in...
The media response to the war in Iraq is frightening.
The problem with this tyranny by unspoken consensus is that I don't know who exactly our new overlords are. Still, whoever they may be, I'd like to be the first to welcome them.
Couldn't agree with you more. I think the rallying point here should be a demand for more wall posters.
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