I mean, is there any kind of proposal to restructure the media industry the way HR 676 seeks to restructure the healthcare industry?
The corporatized media are the biggest factor in stifling democratizing initiatives by starving them of public attention or distorting and deflecting public understanding.
This is a systemic problem — these media are behaving predictably based on their institutional structure, and we have been witnessing the cumulative effect on the public mind.
In effect, the mainstream media are the brain parasite that works to prevent the host (the public) from perceiving and acting in its own interest.
But I have yet to see any proposal that addresses this issue on a comparable, systemic level.
The fundamental question, underneath all the other questions, is the ability of the public to govern their own institutions, as your article above once again shows us. Your efforts to build bridges between left and right concerns are a rare and important initiative that actually targets this question. You’ve also been very vocal on the topic of the corporate media, which fits into this same issue about whether the public is able to think and act on its own behalf. If anything, I would say the latter issue comes first — the public needs to be able to see and think clearly in order to act clearly.
We’ve seen proposals to reform and democratize access to healthcare, education, employment, and nutritious food by restructuring these industries — why isn’t there a comparable proposal to address the behavior of the media industry, which is tasked with managing the public mind?
