Why Is US Media Becoming More Right-Wing?

Something very interesting is happening to mainstream US media, and they're openly admitting it. Why is the news becoming more right-wing?
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[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

The same thing is happening in the UK. People are finally getting sick of things and are striking a lot this month but the media are painting the working class as being selfish while not caring the same about politicians

[@joshuacarre06]

The media in the Uk has always been right wing this is not new

[@sadephillips9645]

The similarities are striking and unsettling.

[@maya07_11]

in Italy too

[@jimmytimmy3680]

Poor UK nurses, they don't want to give them raises to match the inflation rise because of..... Putin. 😂

[@mimic6494]

Not just the media but the conservative government who labeled them as "militants" and a spinless labour party who refuses to support labour. What an utter shit show we're in

[@davidstrelec2000]

If the railworkers are so powerful and influential on the US economy why aren't they treated as such? Edit: Mom I'm famous

[@Lucas-sc6lr]

And that's the right question, Detective Spooner.

[@Lemonincense]

you could ask the same about teachers, nurses, and many other jobs in the US. its all a big scam

[@kitt5736]

no being treated as powerful is for idiot god kings who buy social media platforms and do not live up to their own self purported ideals

[@MortalWombatI]

Feels like Capitalism teaches us that workers can do no right, while big business owners can do no wrong, by virtue of their place on the totem pole of the economy.

[@Eternalsfan]

Don’t forget about us truck drivers! We’re getting screwed too. Our wages are getting stolen and taxed more. The flipping government taxed me $640!

[@thefbiman2116]

I hate the disrupting the economy argument so much, thats literally the entire point! If you dont want to treat the workers right, you don't deserve a single penny, let alone a comfortable lifestyle

[@iantaakalla8180]

They want the economy to squeeze as much effort out of people and to control people. Of course disrupting the economy is a wanted goal for many except for company owners.

[@mrwizard5012]

@Ryan Robichaud Yes. Because they work, and make comfortable, shitty people uncomfortable.

[@sahar1213]

@Ryan Robichaud social reforms comes in steps. we can't have one country supporting the rest of the third world countries economically. rather, we have to achieve equality in one country first, then we can start helping third world become equal too. if we rush and try to achieve everything instantly, we will achieve nothing.

[@warai8580]

@Ryan Robichaud Socialists don't really want to tax the rich, rather they want to have production controlled by the workers. It would be a lot more difficult to be rich in a socialist society, since you'd have to be wealthy through your own efforts instead of by profiting from others' labor. Socialists in political office tend to try to tax the rich, sure, but that's because it's the best they can do; if you're in conventional politics you've got to accept you're not leading any kind of revolution.

[@sahar1213]

@Ryan Robichaud the point is that by working step by step we can slowly achieve total economic equality across the world, it is possible

[@SnuubScadoob]

Rail Workers: “Give us sick days!” The US Media: “Check out this communism over here!”

[@enricofermi3471]

The concept of limited sick days always astonished me in a bad way. Like, if you're sick - you're sick. Go to the doctor, get a paper that confirms that... Oh, wait, going to the doctor in the US costs a truckload. Well, Billy Boy, screwed you are.

[@ExtraThiccc]

​​@@enricofermi3471 fucking wish I could go to Europe or Canada but those fuckers hate Americans and foreigners so, I guess I'm screwed

[@anthonydelfino6171]

@@enricofermi3471 the thing is most the time even when you are sick, you don't need to go to the doctor, you just need a day or two to rest and recover. I don't go to the doctor every time I get a common cold, and not just because of the cost, but also because by the time I could get an appointment to see my doctor, I will have recovered from my cold. The only kind of illnesses that might require a doctor note to be out from work (if you need it at all) should be things that have you down for more than just a couple days. Like for example, when monkey pox was making the rounds last year, or if you contracted COVID.

[@VandyShocker82]

It’s a case of the few ruin it for the many. Lazy commies ruin it for workers.

[@SarastistheSerpent]

@Walt “if you’re homeless, just buy a house”

[@SomeSong2]

“Give me your poor, your tired, your sick, and the rich will work them to death and blame them for dying on the job.”

[@Intrepid_Crusader1096]

To be fair, that's exactly what happened when that phrase was placed on that plaque.

[@jeremiahthomas1385]

Boomer thinking. Lol

[@ladytitanic5180]

Ha, that's the plot to Subnautica below zero

[@bobf5360]

@@jeremiahthomas1385 huh? how so?

[@beepyou34]

"Do you believe a strike is worth it if it would devastate the U.S. economy?" "Yes."

[@julians.2597]

that's kind of the point, isn't it

[@Magus_Union]

Wildcat, and force nationalization.

[@ComradeLuka]

100% let’s do it comrades

[@TossGawd]

Fuck yea, rip the entire fabric of this hyper capitalistic theocracy.

[@aaronrinker24]

obviously cnn is siding with capital and that's the point, but like how obvious is it to ask the rail owners, if withholding sick pay and the demands of the workers is worth crippling the economy? considering record profits etc.... they're trying to frame a narrative but not having essentially any pundit even mention that is so ridiculous

[@zodfanza]

Thank you for reminding people in the US that the USA's definition of "left" is certainly not the international definition of left.

[@Buckshot99]

A women being an adult human female is now a far right policy.

[@al_eggs]

@@Buckshot99 The way you phrased that makes it sound like nobody under 18 is a woman. Assuming you mean “women are women,” there’s actually no problem there. The term “woman” includes trans women. The far-right talking point you’re referring to is denying the findings of modern science, multiple large-scale studies, and every major international medical organization by claiming that gender identity and biological sex are identical. Hope this helps!

[@pandora4me113]

​@@al_eggs huh

[@falconmclenny7284]

​@@al_eggsmodern science hasn't found that at all, they tell you it has, but when you look into it.. it really hasn't.

[@reservationatdorsias3215]

@@al_eggs Hmmm, its almost like theres a vested interest in expanding this wonderful and inclusive ideology in order to gather life long patients that will be entirely dependent on the products sold by the industry that funds your aforementioned studies. Isnt it peculiar?

[@Nekozelda]

Rail Workers: “We just want sick days guys pls help.” American media: “You’re ruining Christmas >:(“

[@yeoldpubman]

And that's why they'll never let the unions say their piece on TV. It'd be so easy to point out that a bunch of railroad fat cats are literally acting like Ebeneezer Scrooge and ruining everyone's holiday.

[@sacrilegioussasquatch]

THEY DON'T EVEN GET THAT? I'm so hald to live in q first world country instead of there

[@sacrilegioussasquatch]

@@paulgauthier7033 only corporate matters. America is for corporate only

[@aycc-nbh7289]

It isn’t just Christmas. A rail strike could mean that millions die as a result of not having grain or clean drinking water.

[@hemanownsyou]

@@aycc-nbh7289 Then maybe corporations should start treating these workers like the essential employees they are.

[@Praisethesunson]

Corporate media in a nutshell. "Won't somebody PLEASE think of the -children- shareholders?!?!!"

[@suezcontours6653]

It's not just USA, its all over the world, even Africa is becoming extremely RIGHT WING against whites.

[@fifteen_march]

Why not become a shareholder yourself and quit whining about how unfair capitalism is?

[@Neojhun]

​@@fifteen_march That makes no sense. The Policies and Ideology are still corrupted regardless if you are a shareholder or not. Just because you benefit financially is not a worth the destructive policies. You are soo blinded by capitalistic greed, people can Buy your Morals.

[@AGirlofYesterday]

@@fifteen_march If capitalism has treated you so well, why are you trolling KZbin comments instead of swilling Dom Perignon on your yacht?

[@bobbiecat8000]

@@fifteen_march are you a shareholder? how many politicians to bribe to become one? how rich my family is supposed to be? how many countries should I imperialize with military help?

[@midnightflare9879]

Holy shit, did they just try to make the workers feel guilty, like some abusive ex?

[@Grexsome]

Yep

[@joeanthony7759]

Yes. They are repulsive tools

[@projectpitchfork860]

Yes. That together with fake news is the only tool they have, as all other workers would completely agree with the demands of the workers on strike.

[@rickb3650]

Yes, and it is a tactic that has been very effective since the very earliest days of organizing labor. They also use racism, sexism, professionalism, and prejudices of kinds. When that doesn't work or stops working, they use violence.

[@mainely8007]

Thanks to the right wing in America, the prevailing attitude is that business owners are an exalted class and the workers should grovel and be grateful for whatever crumbs trickle down.

[@TRNATO1]

As a European: the US media was never anything BUT right leaning...

[@bobf5360]

@thisapplejudges6553 i don't think that has to be the case. US media, and the US in general, has been generally slightly right of center compared to the rest of the democratic world for pretty much all of the 20th and 21st centuries. I think that is what TRNATO1 is talking about. Yes, the video is talking about how much more right leaning is now than it has been.

[@watson5551]

Totally agree, Rush Limbaugh dominated the news radio platform for literally decades with his liberal bashing and climate denial. back in the day I would ask his fans why EXXON was paying him tens of millions of dollars. I distinctly remember hearing him rage hating the left back in 87" and wondering who the hell listens to this shyt all the left had was Oprah being laughed off with her faith healers on the left leaning TV. and low and behold here we are with Fox Snooze dominating the majority of propaganda and lies being spewed by your favorite con men like this > QUOTE : "I hate him passionately" - "He's a Demonic Force and total disaster" " - “We are very, very close to being able to ignore Trump most nights, I truly can’t wait.” - " The last four years We're all pretending we have a lot to show for it because admitting what a disaster it has been is too tough to digest, but come on there isn't really an upside to Trump " - Tucker Carlson Jan 4th 2021 QUOTE: "Trump has a large following...it would be stupid to antagonize them with the truth" ” it is not about red or blue, it’s about green." :Rupert Murdoch: Feb 2023

[@Oceanrocks121]

@@bobf5360The US is the one country where the borders are wide open and don’t even have proper borders in place. nordic countries are the exact opposite lol

[@SurajSinghTomarArya]

And what's the problem with Europe? They spread fascism and communism everywhere and then America has to come to save them. German millenilans were born in stasi Germany.

[@KingAries85]

So never heard of msnbc or vox or cnn or vice or pbs cbs New York Times but yea Fox News is right wing 😂

[@Pellow-princess]

I love how a rail strike could “ cost the economy 1 billion in the first week” and the media goes insane. but an over 800 billion defense budget is doable and no one says a word about it.

[@scifirealism5943]

You misunderstand something. The American economy runs on poverty. Without poverty, workers would have solidarity and could reject dead-end job offers. If no poverty existed in America, no one would ever work in fast food or retail, for minimum wage, with zero benefits or chance for advancement. No one would work any type of trade job where the pay doesn't at least match the rate of inflation and offer decent benefits.

[@michelmoreno8233]

@@scifirealism5943 Spot on!

[@scifirealism5943]

@@michelmoreno8233 So you agree?

[@jessh4016]

@@scifirealism5943 That's what that means. Also, OP didn't misunderstand anything. You're misunderstanding them. They said "They're upset about the price of this strike, when the price is so small compared to the military budget. Obviously, they don't actually care about workers if this small price is too high." And you spoke about something unrelated.

[@scifirealism5943]

@@jessh4016 oh okay, my bad.

[@rakkatytam]

I love how in their news stories they are literally telling the workers how much power they actually have

[@eKko0]

i hear they got the idea from a guy called Achilles who wore a target on his heel

[@nebsam715]

​@@washadaI find it utterly hilarious that they is actually true, took me few seconds for it to click in my head. Achilles is a honest to gods working man give him his dew!

[@hoytbangs9425]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti- intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” ― Isaac Asimov

[@rickb3650]

👍 And over the last couple of decades we've added the ridiculous notion that opinions are equivalent to facts and that all opinions are equal.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

Lmfao. Do you guys think that academia/engineers are the ones more likely to be anti-capitalist? Pro-intellectualism has literally given us the cult of expertise which manages the Empire

[@grapentine739]

There is so much division that everyone never looks at the corruption in their own party but only the so called opposition

[@melissasanford2051]

Thank you for posting this

[@gregvs.theworld451]

​@@rickb3650 Which opinions do you take issue with?

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[@dalathar]

A funny thing that also happens in my country when there are big strikes like this, is the media saying "x amount of money is going to be lost by this inactivity" when amount asked by the workers has been just a fraction of that. Then you can see who are the ones that are not willing to negotiate, and also that companies totally have room to pay better salaries.

[@rhyscooper3693]

My thoughts exactly.

[@bradmyers5354]

Because the media isn’t here to give us news and information. They’re here to preserve the interest of the capital owners and ensure the continued existence of capitalism. Like the police, the media is another tool to protect capitalism and their corporate overlords.

[@SkinnyEMedia]

Is this the UK? They've sold themselves to the highest bidder.

[@Publicistvideos]

The obvious question journalists should have asked is “if what these workers do is so utterly crucial to the entire economy, don’t they deserve basic benefits?”

[@aycc-nbh7289]

But there is a line between asking for benefits and whining and complaining just because one did not get exactly what one wanted. We are not children and we should learn to be happy to score first downs even if we don’t get goals. What just happened only means there is room for more negotiation in the future.

[@IshtarNike]

@@aycc-nbh7289 this is a dumb take and I think your sports analogy has short circuited your brain. These people have practically NO sick leave. You call it whining when they're backstabbed by both Biden and the union leadership over such a basic basic human need? Just because they can technically negotiate more in the future. Moderates like you really do set the bar so low it's almost nonexistent.

[@bunnyben5607]

@@aycc-nbh7289 Ah yes, a common tactic for any corporation: "just stop whining, just stop it". If it's gotten bad enough to the point of a mass rail strike then something is definitely wrong, we can't deny that. You're just the corporate equivalent to conservatives talking about liberal snowflakes.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@IshtarNike I understand, but when millions die because drinking water tablets are not delivered, they start to look like the bad guys and there could end up eventually being no rail companies to employ them at all. I don’t like it either, but the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Perhaps this recent deal only means they can campaign for more sick leave in the future.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@bunnyben5607 Are you sure? Would you not demand more out of a deal that you knew was reasonable if you knew you could get a little bit extra, even if your own desire meant that millions of people die? It would be of your own volition to do so. In addition, 8 of the 12 unions approved the deal.

[@Octoberfurst]

Union boss: "Look, we just want paid sick days, normal work hours and to be able to take time off." News Anchors: "You selfish bastards! You are gonna ruin Christmas!" Great video!

[@aycc-nbh7289]

You are aware that more sick days were in the original deal, no? The rail workers could simply have accepted the deal and advocated for more sick days later on, especially since the large number of migrants at our border means that the government could potentially accelerate visa processing times for prospective trainmen and/or deploy the National Guard to operate the trains. Besides, only four of the 12 unions vetoed the initial deal.

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

Christmas has already been ruined by capitalism and consumerism

[@chaoscarl8414]

@@aycc-nbh7289 "The rail workers could simply have accepted the deal and advocated for more sick days later on [...]" There never is a "later on". I've seen this happen many times. Workers ask for a pay rise, get half of what they wanted with the promise that they'll get the rest later, and nothing ever happens. And even worse, "later" is never as good as "now" because of inflation. So even if they did eventually get what they asked for, it wouldn't be worth as much as it would have been, had they gotten it when they asked for it.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@chaoscarl8414 What exactly do you mean? First, the rail companies and the House of Representatives both know that this sort of thing could just as easily happen again if the workers aren’t satisfied if they don’t lose them all first, so they are pushing for more than what Congress as a whole is requiring. Second, the workers could simply advocate for more sick days and start this entire process over again. If the unions have this much power, then they could just as well do whatever it takes to make sure they aren’t silenced.

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

@@aycc-nbh7289 lol oh right the slippery slope argument they made to try and justify their inaction. They can't just simply start this process over, this is literally about attrition. Who has the money and power to last longer. Quite frankly if they don't work, they don't have a home anymore. Meanwhile the boss(es) that put them into this position don't have to worry about that at all. They will rest their feet on your back while saying you better not stand up, you are a sucker.

[@terriem3922]

Your channel is calming me down. I was starting to feel like I was in a parallel universe with the plummet downward by our country in the last few years. You are explaining things clearly and understandable. What hypocrisy by the railroad company, pretending a few days of paid sick time is too expensive.

[@RomeuKelm-qz5uz]

The same here.

[@abelabel3664]

Capitalism presupposes competition, and competitions presupposes the existence of a winner. When the winner is able to buy media, then that is it.

[@michaeldowner2337]

Demographic shift

[@yeoldpubman]

Winning under capitalism means more money, money means more accumulation of capital and power, which means more winning. Capitalism intrinsically trends toward the monopoly it claims to combat.

[@guy-sl3kr]

The idea that capitalism is about competition is a thinly-veiled lie. At no point will industry moguls try to support or encourage competitors because that would undermine their own business

[@Zift_Ylrhavic_Resfear]

@@yeoldpubman And it's even worse than that, because corruption is profitable (if it wasn't, it wouldn't happen). This means that corrupt businesses have an edge in the competition and are therefore more likely to win. So the monopoly is highly likely to have a hand in all kinds of unethical practices. In other words, capitalism inherently fosters a corrupt monopoly.

[@robert2690]

Fax.

[@iammrbeat]

Money. The answer is almost always money.

[@stevonwhite8933]

The always BASED Mr.Beat💯

[@Louisikov]

I love you Mr Beat

[@johnny14980]

Mr. Beat hahaaaa lets gooooo lmaooo

[@alejandroarizpe3226]

I just gained a lot of respect for you, man.

[@TallyRocky]

Take out the “almost”

[@SirTboneable]

US corporate media is going right because the younger generations don’t get their news through traditional outlets anymore. They are moving to find their older audience. Social media has crushed traditional media, for better or worse.

[@davidfuentes9957]

Well yes and no, yes while it served it’s purpose, and no when reactionary right-wing outlets like the Daily Wire continued on the legacy of mainstream media that was already shifting to the right, although slower than the Daily Wire itself. The internet as a whole affected TV news media as a whole and that’s why I never considered watching CNN while Trump was in office. I mean I did but it was boring and alarming at the same time, while Fox News was more reactionary and alarmist which sometimes it would pull you in the rabbit hole if you weren’t careful.

[@grmpEqweer]

I guess? I barely consume traditional media. When I do, it's what my local news uploads, or maybe an article. But I've been like that

[@mainely8007]

I am one of those older people and I left the traditional media years ago when it started showing it's obvious corporate biases. They are now competing for the willfully stupid right wingers, a demographic that is literally dying off.

[@grmpEqweer]

@ghost mall I actually wanted to get together a presentation on propaganda/ advertising and how it works. But, meh, work, depression. Plus lack of expertise. Edit: I know when someone is trying to con me, it frustrates me that other people don't see they're being deceived.

[@laluba3603]

Correction: Social media has crushed corporate/for-profit media. Channels like Democracy Now are doing as well as they ever have.

[@colonel.h.stinkmeaner]

I like the "right before the holiday framing," because it shows that the anchors care more about the economy on the holidays, than the actual living, breathing, workers who don't get time off for the same holiday.

[@FlashSonic542]

Mhm, don’t you just love our society 🤡

[@CrowTR0bot]

I'm working both Christmas Eve and Day, so I know too well how callous Capitalism can be, and I'm one of the lucky ones, I just work at a gas station.

[@kimobrien.]

@@CrowTR0bot Bosses want to control everything for their benefit the price, the wage and then have the politicians shove everything down our throats.

[@boristheamerican2938]

But Jesus died on the cross so we could buy useless stuff in stores.

[@mrcammy8713]

Literally my life is fighting my boss for days off

[@therealivydawg]

Media has always been right wing. We have two right wing parties, because the status quo is right wing.

[@lmao1711]

@rbxl0103 you dont seem to understand what right and left in politics even means. its not about gay people

[@INTJ791]

​@@lmao1711 for Europe and Asia standards, democrats america centre right

[@realllllllycool]

@@INTJ791 Lots of Europe is more right wing than the US, that’s a common misconception. (Take Italy for example.) You are thinking of North/Western Europe. Asia is too diverse politically to call it a left or right wing leaning area.

[@Wake.Up.]

Acting like left wing ideals haven't been the reason for major wars lol.

[@KingAries85]

😂😂😂 cnn msnbc New York Times vox vice now this tyt and then you have fox on the right 😂😂😂😂 you can’t be serious at all this whole country has been brainwashed with liberal propaganda and now the youth can’t count to 5 😂 but think they know what boy girl thing they wanna be .. also both wings attached to the same evil bird so you are close there is no wings you have government against you and the propaganda channels keep the liberals in line and doing the governments dirty work for them

[@pizzahuthonoka]

Can't imagine what would happen if nurses and teachers went on strike. I can imagine headlines along the lines of "nurses holding patients lives hostage for their for wage increases" or "teachers ruining our children's futures for a higher wage." Meanwhile hospital CEOs laugh straight to bank

[@cordiesmith]

this is pretty much what is happening in the UK, haha.

[@RLewis123]

Teachers and nurses have gone on strike in several districts across the US over the past several years. And that is the exact framing that most media perpetuate when that happens

[@pumkin610]

Medical people are in debt and teachers get bad wages, if anyone deserves to strike it's absolutely them, they carry this entire society.

[@Amorcea]

Media/internet literacy should be a mandatory high school course in our modern society. The only thing that can stop the rise of Fascism is education.

[@rishabhanand4973]

which is why i'm sure fascists love that higher education is so goddamn expensive. And the ones who want to make education cheap or free only want it to apply to the "profitable" fields, in which case, people will either lack the critical thinking skills to properly evaluate society and meaningfully improve it for everyone, or they end up having a vested interest in not doing so even if they know the issues.

[@MATHMAN77177]

Fascism is not part of our modern world

[@pdxcorgidad]

Well Florida is screwed.

[@pdxcorgidad]

@@franklinclinton3211 Literally impossible. Like definitionally impossible.

[@pdxcorgidad]

@@franklinclinton3211 Please, before you respond again, look up the definition of fascism. It is literally impossible for it to be a product of "the left".

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

I noticed this small but typical difference on how the nuclear fusion breakthrough is being reported in E.U and U.S . Most European media reports ended with :' It's unknown when fusion can be used in everyday life ' .(or something similar) Most American media ended the same story with : ' It's unknown when fusion will be available for commercial use ' .

[@GTAVictor9128]

In general, US media covers stories with journalists merely discussing their interpretation and opinions of the situation, whereas European media outlets like DW tend to be much more factual and straight to the point. While naturally sceptical if media outlets, I consider DW to be one of the few reliable news outlets. But I'll never forget how I was mislead by right-wing media hysteria into believing that Europe was falling apart due to the refugee crisis. It is this that taught me to never believe anything at face-value.

[@goutamboppana961]

@@GTAVictor9128 what is DW

[@endlord_1.185]

Of course, the first thing they think of is to commercialize the sh!t out of everything.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

@@GTAVictor9128 We (Europeans in general) still don't have the extreme division the U.S media has. Obviously have we have very different countries with different regimes and press coverage. And I do notice how the European rightwing is pushing the boundaries after seeing someone like Trump getting elected. American or European, a certain % of people just want their biases confirmed, no matter where they'r from . Brexit was a good example how Fox-news style propaganda fooled a large portion of British voters . Rightwing politicians in Hungary and now Italy also adopted a lot of these methods... Anyway, I hope the new generation in both the E.U & U.S won't fall for this BS anymore.

[@goutamboppana961]

@@daniellarson3068 and also it is infinitely safer than what people think

[@zeedon]

“Are you willing to DESTROY the entire country by going on strike?” “I just wanted some sick days, man”

[@CrniWuk]

It's incredible how we're getting closer and closer to a situation as we saw it during the industrial revolution and their rober barons where any worker strike is seen as an "attack".

[@ethanstump]

And thus using violence against such a strike is "self defense." It's oddly comforting that every single right wing defense of capitalism is now framed in 20th century socialist discourse. Almost like we're convincing or something.

[@CrniWuk]

@@ethanstump Which is funny from a historical perspective because 200 years ago it was the right and conservatism that fought against capitalism - albeit not due to "workers" rights. Now they are embracing it.

[@ethanstump]

@@CrniWuk yeah, it's because they still thought that monarchy and feudalism still had a chance. now, there doing the same thing with capitalism. if i was a capitalist, i would be doing my fucking best to never actually appeal to these perennial loser's, for fear of being jinxed. i mean, even Biden is trying to lean heavily into green capitalism and the more "progressive" strand's of capitalism, which he wouldn't have been caught dead seriously considering two decade's ago. the time's are changing, and i really do hope that i survive them.

[@CrniWuk]

@@ethanstump We are ruled by too many old dudes. Or let me say, too many people that think like old dudes.

[@ethanstump]

@@CrniWuk the bigger problem though, is that people who think like older dude's, don't perceive anything wrong, and to the extent that they do, it's with us, not them. their perception is not only warped by their ideology, but their ideology itself is based on resistance to change. and ya know, if your an 85 year old man with maybe like 5 year's to go, that's fine, but there so myopic in being heavy handed, that they think what's good for them is good for EVERYONE. TLDR: the problem isn't that they think like old dude's, the problem is that they think everyone can and should think exactly like them, agree with everything they are saying, and happily march into the long night with them. they fundamentally believe in an involuntary suicide pact, one in which any resistance to is somehow your fault.

[@BarkleyBCooltimes]

I have noticed in the rail strike thing, few people blamed the rail companies and less bothered to ask them why the rail companies want to crash the economy in order to not give workers sick days.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Centrists will always go right.

[@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482]

My dude, I just want gun rights and free healthcare simultaneously. That’s literally what a “centrist” is, someone who holds both left wing and right wing positions.

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 yea. I just want white supremacy and rights for all at the same time. /s

[@HERES_JAWNiE]

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482 lol no, that's not. Imagine thinking marxist leninists don't like guns

[@SecondThought]

@Tudor, I have a video on centrism if you’re interested. Veronica is correct here.

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@tudoraragornofgreyscot8482Gun rights, are very much left wing, Bruh. How do you think Revolutions happen?

[@GonzoHenson]

I see this all the time with Teacher Strikes. Public Education is already a mess because teacher unions got cut off at the knees, funding is constantly diverted into private hands, and a top-heavy bureaucracy buggers off with the rest as they find ways to justify their well-paid jobs. So, when teachers go on strike to improve pay and working conditions -- things vital to improve the quality of the workforce and the learning conditions of the students -- people ought to shout 'Reform at last!' But, no. Media just moans about how this will 'inconvenience' all the parents and don't the teachers care about those kids? The irony of saying that while promoting that things stay the current course.....

[@andrejamison2723]

Are you serious. The teachers unions have been holding the parents and teaching the students nothing which the test scores are evidence. Check out Baltimore. Also the teachers don't communicate with the parents they are more worried about indoctrination. And I am a single father who is a parent

[@falconmclenny7284]

The teachers union protects all the evil trans nonsense that doesn't belong in schools, and bad teachers can continue to be bad teachers because the union protects. The teachers union needs to be cut off at the knees.

[@reservationatdorsias3215]

Teachers are between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they are powerless in the face of the abuse they face from delinquent stundents, and are very limited in the actions that could deal with students that require more than just the cookie cutter curriculum. On the other hand, its very difficult to sympathize with US teachers, because of the abuse towards students that is being unearthed. And of course the absurdly evil things being taught to young students, such as self hatred, actively preventing young people to learn to think for themselves, or purposely divisive ideology that extends over into the pupils family life. It was a teachers union after all that blocked lessons that would teach young students the true horror of communism.

[@falconmclenny7284]

@@reservationatdorsias3215 communism is evil 101 should be taught for all 12 years of schooling, as important as math and English.

[@tmpwow4282]

​@reservationatdorsias3215 I am currently in highschool and I have never heard of "self hatred" or "ideologies."

[@saphironkindris]

Man, all those clips at the start being summed up as "How dare you try to fight to better your lives if in the process the rest of us are mildly inconvenienced." Same damn argument could be made for releasing the slaves back in the day. "But it would cripple the economy!" Well fuck, maybe it deserves to be crippled then. Maybe some of us should take a hit if it's the ethical thing to do.

[@darth3911]

Problem is their was no ethical way to free or keep the slaves. Reason why is if you keep them they are forced to work for free with little hope of a future. If you freed them they’d have nothing and if you force their former masters to give them land/clothing it’s forcing them to give up what’s rightfully their own property, that’s also not going into the fact that the masters paid LOTS of money for the slaves so freeing them with nothing is already a big hit. The only ethical way to free the slaves is to create a system that pays both the masters and the formerly slaved so that both can have good lives. I know what your next question is probably going to be “why not apply this to now so that the workers can have better lives?” The answer is that we tried but it only made things worse. Our nations attempts ended up hurting small mom and pop businesses making it so only the rich and lucky can stay in business. Other attempts only raised the prices of goods canceling any good affects that could have happened. Point is the rich will outsmart any system the government throws at them. If the system can’t help both the rich and poor it’s never going to work and if it hurts any other parties then we might as well call it a failure, that’s the problem with appealing this to the modern workforce.

[@Toastcat890]

Yep and they wonder why they’re having trouble getting more young people to work for them.

[@mrwizard5012]

Its almost like building an economy on some combination of evil/exploitation/falsehood is a bad idea or something.

[@yasuke9317]

"Mild inconveniences". No, the whole world will burst into flames and Santa and Jesus will die. People are nuts. WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE

[@MindEyeMediaVR]

It should also be mentioned that rail industry has been reducing its work force for a long time now, which is incredibly dangerous. Trains are very heavy, complex machines that require a lot of personnel support in order to function properly, but the rail industry has been laying off employees anyway to further stuff their own pockets.

[@jeffengel2607]

The unions need to hammer the point home every time someone asks that the profits over having healthy, adequately rested staff at work in adequate numbers is a constant risk to vital infrastructure worse than any strike and any strike is just the last ditch effort to FIX that.

[@MindEyeMediaVR]

@@jeffengel2607 That's the problem. I know someone who works in rail and is part of a union, and they stress what you just typed every time negotiations happen. These concerns fall on deaf ears, because the rail owners only care about their own profits and their shareholders. Given how devastating a rail accident can be, this is a very dangerous way to think.

[@jeffengel2607]

@@MindEyeMediaVR Yeah. The rail owners are a lost cause in terms of appeal to avoiding the devastation of accidents - it's an accepted cost of doing business to them. It's the public who need the message. It's at least an uphill battle getting that through corporate news media I know, but if it's ever not simply impossible it needs to be tried and certainly alternative communications (like this!) have a role.

[@Dragrath1]

@@jeffengel2607 Ultimately this needs to be a bigger more general thing to stop profit motivated cutting for all forms of basic infrastructure because its the same underlying reasons behind catastrophic bridge collapses dam failures power grid failures etc. Of course as always its one thing to know this is what always happens always costing potentially hundreds to thousands of lives because the oligarchs don't care about human lives only money.

[@jeffengel2607]

@@Dragrath1 Yes. You may have had this broadening in mind too, but either way and to amplify - It's not just about profits made out of cutting costs on the labor side but on the materials side too, and the cost cutting comes up on the regulatory side as well with inadequate funding by tax-starved and often industry-captive agencies. We've a system based on profit and on the hope that profit is well yoked to genuine human need and the hope is simply not well founded.

[@Jonuh]

I haven't watched this video yet, and I know CNN is in the thumbnail, but I swear to god I have seen so many headlines and coverage from CNN and if it wasn't for them having their banner slapped on the screen at all times I legitimately would not be able to tell the difference between them and Fox News. Thank God I'm not the only the who believes/thinks this, I thought for a second I was losing my shit.

[@AmeriMutt76]

The new CEO is besties with Lachlun Murdock, or so I've read. Also remember reading as far back as 2020 that the Murdochs wanted to buy CNN but that fell through for some reason. The comparison between Faux and CNN seems completely fair. MSNBC also seems to be leaning right quite a bit.

[@ComradeLuka]

Ikr! It’s starting to scare me. I’ve started to say “CNN News, starring Tucker Carlson.”

[@jamesbryant8087]

CNN was recent acquired by Rupert Murdock aswell, so it's now part of his outrage machine.

[@danwelterweight4137]

@@ComradeLuka well Tucker Carlson worked for CNN for many years before he went to Fox.

[@ComradeLuka]

@@danwelterweight4137 I shouldn’t be surprised…. But I am

[@AdonisGaming93]

here's a thought.... if a rail strike is so damaging... pay people a fair wage and boom no strike....

[@beeinthehive]

It reminds me of Cyberpunk 2077, wherein no one blames the corporations for artificially inflating prices and treating workers badly, but the media blames unions and labels them as terrorist organizations because they "damage capitalism".

[@darth3911]

The reason why they are blamed is because the policies they made to protect workers ended up forcing most mom and pop businesses to bite the dust. This is big because the U.S. used to be very reliant on the mom and pops, now we are left with big corporations that don’t care how their workers are treated.

[@alistairmackintosh9412]

@@darth3911 Nonsense. The US economy has always been dominated by monopolies.

[@beeinthehive]

@@darth3911 Mom and pop stores didn't have unions. They were too small. Plus, as Alistair said, there have always been corporations and monopolies in the US, the railroads and mining corporations being among the earliest, most brutal, and most dangerous ones. They especially used child labor. Did you really think some mom and pop stores with 3 or 4 workers had unions? Come on.

[@darth3911]

@@beeinthehive You do realize the federal government took the place of unions and mandated ALL companies including man and pop stores to provide their full times workers with some form of health insurance right? That’s also not getting into wages and taxes.

[@darth3911]

@@alistairmackintosh9412 Not in the way it is today, back then a monopoly competed against other monopolies for dominance. Now all those former monopolies are owned by a elite few who control the industries in ways that made what the past have look like child’s play.

[@user-xr9rr1qv1c]

I first heard about a rail strike when it happened here in Austria a couple weeks ago. It prevented people from traveling to work, etc. and had a huge effect on people. I had my own travel cancelled from it. I think that was their goal, though, because it got the attention of people. For example, I now know more about the problems these rail workers have faced during this time of inflation. We almost had a food and retail strike a couple days after as well due to employers refusing to increase employee pay to align with the inflation rates

[@vg7985]

Now imagine what would happened if rich shareholders go on strike. Shares price might drop. Everyone would be devastated and hungry. Well, maybe not. Maybe it's workers, not money pushers make economy run?

[@HollyOak]

You are right. Industries go on strike exactly because it will affect the majority of people. The only way to have any power as a worker, in a capitalist society, is by affecting the financial bottom line.

[@Daniel-yy3ty]

Lucky you, I know about a rail strike whenever I decide to make a long trip and I reach the station... Seriously, my timing is amazing Since a few trains are guaranteed I somehow always manage, but still 🤣

[@kimobrien.]

@@Daniel-yy3ty Shareholders striking can be fought by going to work and producing anyway. The bosses shut down because of overproduction so when the workers ignore the bosses and keep producing you destroy the capitalist market and profits this puts him in the position of having to find a job and go to work like everyone else. That's how you abolish private property.

[@isaiahcastrejon8484]

@@kimobrien. they want you to overproduce…..

[@seraphina985]

"But the strikes are disruptive and cost money", yes that is the point. They are supposed to demonstrate the importance of the labour being done and the exploitative profits that are being taken for granted, inevitably the best demonstration of this is to take both away.

[@raymondhartmeijer9300]

yeah.. we had strikes in public transport here in Holland as well, back in November, we as the Socialist Party supported the workers, bc clearly they're underpaid for years and shortages in personel mean they can hardly get a day off. But a lot of people were just whining about "my train isn't running today, booh." People are so brainwashed to only think of themselves as bloody consumers.. we need so much more class consiousness and solidarity, it's been destroyed by Conservatives and their ideology for 40 yrs

[@kollibriterresonnenblume2314]

Another great video. We need more media criticism and more media literacy.

[@shadowgodthegamer5738]

And here I thought I was becoming more socialist. Ironically I can actually blame others for becoming more right wing now

[@jeffengel2607]

Don't rule out both! And it's not like becoming more socialist is bad.

[@DRKSTRN]

Just remember that the left initially started off as a critique of the status quo. And that's all it's ever been

[@asdfkgkspr284]

It can always be both! As fascism accelerates, more people will begin to search for an alternative. Socialism can’t be the negation of the status quo forever, there’s a new world to be built

[@DistractingTest]

Whoa hold up, calling anything "a critique on what is" is the most white-washed cancel culture comment you could ever say. Socialism is about social wellfare, as in the well being of societies. It prioritizes YOUR best interests in life, work and disease more than anything else. Did you guys take a government course in North Korea or something?

[@JFLOJUDO]

@Angelez Romero correct, except for the part where you said that fascists were anti-capitalists. Fascists always have been pro-capital-in fact they are the attack dogs of capital

[@jdogdarkness]

Corporate media would choose moving towards fascism than taking ONE step towards progressive policy *100% of the time*

[@letsfindsomepeace9207]

It's all about monaayyy

[@COMPNOR]

"Progressive" is interchangeable with Marxism. In that case, I'll take Fascism any day.

[@orekingcatan8142]

Fascism is fantastic for corporate news. They made a goddamn killing on January 6th

[@CarlinJacks]

It's those gosh darn cultural Marxist who keep making us do horrible changes because we just HAVE to stop them making good points!

[@12Rosen]

Reworded to avoid bias: Corporate media would choose moving towards conservatism than taking ONE step toward progressive policy *100% of the time*

[@anthonymock9717]

Having worked in print media in various capacities, this is one of the most problematic things to me and why I chose to leave. Anymore, the common questions to ask are things like "is it worth it to strike if it damages the US economy" vs. "why are corporations allowed to put workers in such bad positions that they have to strike and thus negatively impact all of us?" It's saddening that very few seem to put themselves in that position and think about how much they'd be willing to work with no guaranteed time off, sick days, schedule, etc.

[@svanirreads4448]

"it could destroy the economy, a billion dollar loss every week" and yet the companies have the power to stop the strike from even beginning by ACCEPTING THE WORKERS DEMANDS

[@dom8338]

"Now to discuses with me why strikes are actually a bad thing here is the head of Bank of America" - CNN 2022

[@ticktockontheclock5691]

If you were writing a dystopian novel, your editor would make you take that out, it was too ridiculous, but here we are.

[@Ironsuaba]

Even without watching, I can point out one main reason: capitalism. As per usual.

[@seditt5146]

Wrong. Capitalism is why you are able to sit here doing damn near nothing while typing on the computer Capitalism is responsible for.

[@Ironsuaba]

@@seditt5146 And how does your baseless ad hominem refute my conclusion?

[@seditt5146]

@@Ironsuaba Dude... you're using your buzzwords wrong for starters. Second, capitalism is the reason modern society is as great as it is. You are likely one of the people who mistakes human flaws like greed for flaws in a system. Those flaws exist regardless of what societal structure is used and are exaggerated in systems like Socialism or Communism to the point of unsustainability. If you look back we have had more advancements, many times over, since capitalism became the main social structure than we have in the entire time since humans have existed. It started an exponential curve of growth that existed under no other structure in all of history. Its the only structure which gives power in any sense to the little guy and allows upward mobility. Its not capitalism fault they are leaning right wing. Like it or not it is Leftist fault they are leaning Right. It is because not only are people tired of the lunacy coming from the Left but as it stood there wasn't really any direction they could go as they already went as far left as the Overton window would allow. People were not having any of it meaning if you NEED change there is only one direction to go and that is Right. Currently Leftist are destroying society yet are oblivious to it all believing instead the majority should change to suit the minority which is absurd.

[@yeoldpubman]

@@seditt5146 Marx himself said capitalism was a good and necessary step forward from feudalism and mercantilism. It's also outlived its usefulness and will give way under its own flaws, to be replaced by something better, just like those other systems have.

[@Ironsuaba]

@@seditt5146 dude... you're another incoherent-sounding alt-righter. Please leave.

[@SlickNinja1984]

This is why being a former military intelligence "actor", I have to sort through information that is the same among various and the varied information to get a "truthful" picture of objective reality. That, and I'm a socialist (not a communist). Socialism is truly the only reasonable egalitarian approach to poli-economics.💯

[@marcusnelson7026]

When billionaires buy media companies the Overton window moves to the right.

[@Foogi9000]

Sadly

[@burnoutvista]

News media also has a tendency to portray fundamental human nature as "selfish", "lazy" and "greedy" (either explicitly or through subtext like the coverage on the railway strike). This leads to people deciding everything, like policy choices, through that lense. For example I have a friend who opposes universal healthcare by citing that Japan's nationwide healthcare system is abused by old people (overstaying in hospital rooms etc because they don't need to pay for it and or it is very cheap). He has this moral panic about people abusing healthcare if it is free. Even when I told him that most reasonable people would hate staying in a hospital and therefore abuse of hospital resources is unlikely, he said "Stay in a bed and be served food and all of it for free? Hell yeah I'd abuse that and overstay" which is his argument against universal healthcare. I had to hold myself back from saying just because you're an asshole doesn't mean everyone else is. the vast majority of people will not abuse free healthcare. some old people in Japan doing it doesn't mean anything. and even then - too much healthcare is better than too little healthcare. Because the former means getting to live, the latter means death.

[@bogdiworksV2]

wait until he gets old and sees how shitty that can be.

[@burnoutvista]

@@bogdiworksV2 he sides with the billionaire class and opposes any tax increases. while he is just a regular old employee in tech, he considers himself "special" and "different" from other workers and therefore is also againsr unions because he thinks union will hold him back

[@isadora6092]

your friend also ignores completely the fact that even free healthcare has its rules and regulations. you can't overstay your welcome if a doctor signs you're able to leave the hospital 😅 it's not a goddamn hotel

[@MsKris2626]

Go the 🇨🇦 how great they love the free healthcare. Are not. You wouldn’t want to challenge your narrative.

[@nathanielchieffallo4273]

@@MsKris2626 "lol the lines are soooooo11! Long because people aren't forced to never get treatment because they can't pay for it. Isnt that such a tragedy? That the rich have to die because the poor want healthcare too? We should only let rich and middle class people have the luxury of having healthcare" you

[@plutoyoon]

My thing is, if a strike could cause catastrophic damage to our economy so easily, why are they fostering an environment where a strike is needed? You would think if it could be that devastating for these workers to strike they would treat them as good as possible. It’s so annoying that they rely on the pushback from the other people in the working class, and driving guilt into them in order to prevent the strike, rather than just meeting their demands in the first place.

[@briobarb8525]

Well said!

[@irok1]

Even better, why is the economy so fragile in the first place? Time to take a look back at the past 3 years

[@CaeruleaTigris]

Kinda disturbing hearing about them shitting on the rail strikers considering the disaster/s that have just occurred in the US transport industry.

[@ringo8410]

The 1976 film Network predicted all of this perfectly; I highly recommend it to fellow Second Thought fans who haven't seen it. When the news becomes a business, business becomes news.

[@scifirealism5943]

I'm going to watch it.

[@a.randomjack6661]

It's not only in the US, it's all over the West, from Canada eh, to France, to Australia and most of what's in between. See globalization

[@Texelion3Dprints]

Yeah, a few weeks ago in France people working in fuel factory went on a strike. The medias had the exact same behavior, with all the same "arguments", I think the strikers were even called terrorists at some point. It's unbelievable.

[@thisulwickramarachchi2380]

@elfrjz that's how it should be everywhere 💪💯

[@UniqueHandles]

@@thisulwickramarachchi2380 Will you enjoy living the rest of your life as an exploited slave?

[@phillhollins]

It's not just the US rail workers. Exact same thing is happening here in the UK with the BBC. RMT union leader Mick Lynch has called them out live.

[@user-eh2hj8bx6O]

I was disgusted by the media coverage. Thanks for talking about it.

[@amybly1400]

Some media companies are trying to move from ads to a subscriber revenue/business model. But that requires more/better writers, and most media companies are so protective of their stock portfolios that they're hell-bent on cutting labor costs, including most of their newsrooms' staff, even if it means undermining their own viability. It's insane.

[@crossbolt27salt88]

CNN+ 💀

[@andrewreynolds912]

Yea it pisses me off

[@dean1111]

Exactly omg

[@Acidfunkish]

You guys need to start publicly-funded media companies that are actually accountable to their audience (as in, all citizenry). Public media companies still get things wrong, but then they're at least a lot quicker to try to post corrections, and don't have an obvious political leaning (except in op-eds, and similar). Ever since the internet took off, it seems like most privately-funded media companies have gone way off the rails, trying desperately to clickbait for ad money, causing journalism standards to completely tank. And it just keeps getting worse. Plus, there are only around 5ish major TV news networks that service over 90% of American households, iirc (and that's still how the majority of Americans get their news). That's kinda nuts.

[@Mezelenja]

Mfs asking for basic rights and CNN worried about amazon packages 😐

[@frankthemousepie]

Railroad strike being stopped by gov in favor of profits over SICK DAYS for the workers is one of the most despicable things. Things just keep getting worse so fast, when will we hit the bottom? :(

[@AikiraBeats]

By the time the new year comes around, the bottom will meet up with us pretty quickly. The rise of strikes and people just being fed up with how life has been running, it’s about damn time that things begin to change.

[@ahhhhhhhhhhhhsocool]

if rail workers are so important to the point that they can cripple an entire economy, why the hell aren’t they treated better?

[@Sara3346]

As some of the top commenters are pointed out it's a matter of fear and profit. People all ove rthe ecconomy are typically given the bare minimum not only to maintain maximized profits but to also continue fear of poverty by making poverty have as bad as possible and perpetuating in the first place, etc. Keep in mind that slavery with no excuses only fully ended here in the in the 1940's and slaverystill exists but now only as legal punishment but again to emphasize it still exists. These systems I think can well be viewed as makeshift substitutes for the slow diminishment of slave based power in these United States.

[@bgiv2010]

Strikes don't just come out of nowhere. They are devastating and effective; they are also the last resort. The rail companies and their owners are not blameless victims here.

[@gunkwretch3697]

the profit motive corrupts all journalism, and everything else really

[@hermenutic]

The Ukraine war crippled the American economy and that was considered ok. But crippling the economy to help American workers is not able to be justified. What's up with that?

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Because at least the Ukraine war is not causing millions of people to lose access to clean water over the objections of 113,000 people.

[@dodododatdatdat]

The Ukraine war has a little to do with it. Inflation is mainly to do with Covid loans to bussiness and low taxrates for said bussiness. Inflation was on the rise way before the war started. Anyone that claims higher wages would lead to higher inflation is also lying as a wage price spiral is also not whats happening. Ukraine war is the laziest excuse you'll hear from the establishment as they are complicit in the escalation in Ukraine as well.

[@guitarlover1204]

Imagine how different things would be if instead of asking "experts" if the strike is worth it, you got the railroad owners and asked them the exact same question Is it worth it to have a strike if it will devastate the economy? They have the power to stop that strike by simply giving them what they ask

[@thoughtprism2963]

How far right are we going to let the ratchet effect take us before we act?

[@julians.2597]

history suggests we will get concerned a few months after the beginning of a new world war.

[@stevonwhite8933]

@@julians.2597Sadly…

[@zombieminecraft4213]

Act how?

[@dudono1744]

@@zombieminecraft4213 You can try democracy or violence

[@skooch5769]

Strikes. Unionization.

[@jon5269]

Great video. A lot of the same stuff is happening here in Slovenia, but I am glad the public is fighting against it. I am happy to say that we have made some progress in the last year, like getting rid of the right wing leader and passing several important referendums.

[@coolioso808]

Are there movements or groups in Slovenia critical of the social system, too? Critical of capitalism? Critical of the monetary-market system? The root problem that affects us all over the world is that monetary-market system. The idea that we are in debt, exploited and oppressed via labour-for-income when it is technically unnecessary. We should re-work society to make it better for all of us. We can create local abundance. Look at a resource based economy. It's possible. Mainstream media won't even mention it. Of course, because it goes against their bias. But regular people can learn about it and discuss it and build towards a better system.

[@TheShizaarius]

Z mediji imamo še vedno ogromen problem. RTV drsi v desno s pomočjo nekompetentnih kadrov, in to na najbolj glup način, v imenu neke kao "uravnoteženosti" in pogrevanjem starih zamer in non-issue problemov. Seveda so (bili) odstavljeni ljudje tipa Marcel Š. precej levi, to je cel point - protikapitalistično kritično retoriko si lahko privoščiš edino in izkjučno kot medij, financiran iz javnega denarja. Na drugi strani sta POP in N1, ki sicer s kar kompetentnim kadrom delujeta po principu, ki je v tem videu opisan za CNN (Capitalist News Network), A-Kanal podobno z malo manj kvalitete in še več senzacionalizma, o Novi24 pa sploh ne bom zgubljal besed. Govoril sem, howk :D

[@SOG1172]

Tensions are getting high everywhere between workers and their bosses though. Currently working on convincing my coworkers that Unions are good. To my surprise, a few people agreed and want one.

[@jazzx251]

Then form one! Looks like there's plenty of people in your workplace that would be up for it. I think things have come full circle. For a while, unions were seen as outdated (another successful right-wing media narrative) But - the super-rich have now been given carte-blanche to do with us as they please; and as individuals we have no power whatsoever ... ... exactly as it was in Victorian times. And just like then, "it's the poor wot gets the blame." The same pressures that formed the creation of unions are now back again. Working people have had enough - it started with the Covid lockdowns showing many of us what a proper work/life balance should be - and now it's the same old shit, but worse? Unacceptable. Here in the UK, every Thursday we opened our windows and clapped the nurses and doctors - heroes of the pandemic ... now Public Enemies demanding fair pay at a time of severe inflation, and staff shortages caused by the economic disaster that is Brexit The Scottish government has averted a nurse's strike - they offered a 7.5% pay rise, when the inflation rate is about 15% ... there's probably a lot of goodwill and trust involved here, as the government is progressive, and even includes some ex-nurses. Maybe: "that's all we can offer right now, but we'll be looking out for you in the future, you know we will as long as we're still in office ..." This is the resurgence of the union - we now realise that they are very much needed again, to save us from the whims and fancies of the super-rich bastards that consider us to be their toys.

[@lupolinar]

The question is, why almost everything is breaking news.

[@arich20]

Because alarmist, vague sympathetic nervous system activation lowers the brain's ability to process and think critically, rest effectively, and build, create or cook their own items - it's incredibly profitable for our medical industry and product and entertainment corporations. You ever hear of Edward Bernays? 😂 F that guy. 🤬

[@HeroOfTheDay16]

Another well put together that promotes leftist views in an easily digestable format keep up the killer work Second Thought, you are a king 😄

[@DistractingTest]

Is it leftist, or just altruistic now?

[@pumkin610]

@@DistractingTest the fact that you and perhaps everyone is asking that question is quite telling, quite interesting. We've accepted that it's simply "good" because the world seems way worse than it ever needs to be, it points out problems this society has and offers a socialist solution, while capitalism beneficiaries and right wing sources kinda seem to want to just lie in order to make profits. Pink wash, green wash, rainbow wash, sensationalize, and I'm certain some company will claim to solve the people who can't afford a house problem.

[@tylerwilde5355]

Collin Powell showed up on the screen when he said, "Not that they have never spread lies." I threw up in my mouth a bit. I was there, Gandalf. I was there 3000 years ago when the hearts of men failed. When Powell said that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction without a doubt. It should have ended there, but evil was aloud to endure.

[@ASMORPHEUS1979]

lying by omission is still lying.

[@Dis_Dis]

Soon enough we will get Nazis: The Sequel and this time we won't even have the Soviets to fight them in Stalingrad. We're so f*cked.

[@songokuboy10]

Wait this were scenes from CNN?? I wasn't that attentive and I thought it's fox news

[@ianwynne764]

Hello: I am an Australian, living in Australia. During the pandemic, Australia had long, hard lockdowns. Early in 2020, I sent a huge amount of time watching MSNBC and CNN videos. I was struck by the constant American Exceptionalism. The explains American foreign policy. Stay well and safe.

[@areguapiri]

That's because it was a "skamdemik".

[@hardtobeat84]

Australias media is just as right wing as the yanks

[@harrietharlow9929]

I have noticed this ever since the abrogation of the Fairness Doctrine. I've aso noticed the fall of unions. And the rightwing swing of the pendulum has, I feel, has something to do with this. Athough I'm not a Socialist, I've noticed this with considerable dismay, because unions are the force that helps unions get what their labour is worth. My late ex-husbnd found out that his union could and did when he was unjustly fired.

[@TossGawd]

Every video on this channel is so insanely on point, clear, and concise… I really think if right wingers were to watch these videos, they would flip.

[@RobinHerzig]

Imagine this content being reached by corporate media's audience in similar numbers

[@TheSeasonofGames]

I think my only critique of this channel, that I do really like, is that it's too white Eurocentric (and I mean idealistically not literally), capitalism isn't the biggest issue with capitalism - capitalism is the tool used by those in hegemonic power.

[@TheSeasonofGames]

@@christopherbrooks6355 but aren't you demonizing this video and people who align with it by assuming they are lying and that they not taking responsibility for themselves?

[@TheSeasonofGames]

@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 although I feel most of what you said is true to my beliefs, I'm not sure it's as cut and dry as always and never with the attacking of liberties (check out liberalism vs leftist, both progressive right? And also mass abuse apologism). I also feel like the easiest way for anyone to recognize that they aren't actually conservative (which just means conserve power dynamics) is by recognizing who they love and what they love about those they love. A decolonial turn - what I believe to be a true left turn - is one out of love for all living beings, human and not. The power dynamics of coloniality are those that dehumanizing those lower in the hierarchy of power. And humanism is being used to convince us that not being human is worse, that dehumanization is the power over others agency and is justification for abuse. I think that everyone is hoodwinked who grows up in coloniality's playground - the white western world - we just just gotta find out how other people live, love, and exist outside of our own understandings of the world and then ask ourselves why we live, love, and exist the way we do.

[@TheSeasonofGames]

@@christopherbrooks6355 I think there have been few examples of how (what we understand as modern socialism) has worked, but capitalism is a global system and is the reason why there are 85% of the world population is below what we consider the poverty line. I don't like splitting hairs, I am honestly not sure about what lies that have been spread all over all cooperate private media (just like in the Bible, I think lying is also not telling the whole truth) I don't watch cooperate private media. I just listen and learn to what people say about their own lives, all over the world and throughout the last 500-3000 years and sometimes more if they were an oral society that was able to keep history orally. I really don't think it is extreme to want there to be a world where suffering is reduced as much as possible - even if that means changing how we operate within the world on a global scale. I have been put into poverty because of capitalism - every generation since the boomers is poorer than the last. I can't name a system that would work better than capitalism - although I could probably do it - I won't do it because it is not my world to lead, we need restitutions for Black and Indigenous peoples all over the world for what has been done to them through these systems of power (coloniality) and therefore I will follow the lead of Black and Indigenous peoples towards a decolonial turn. I want what's best for you, for your family, for my family, all of our neighbors families, for the environment, and for everyone, and I can tell you do too based on what you say. But there are alternatives out there - not all of them work of course - but this world is always changing and we are always at a turning point where we can make something new happen - I think the best parts about our lives are not the parts that are within the umbrella of coloniality (even if they are only seen through the veils of it). As Ursula K. Leguin said - "We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words."

[@Sun-Tzu-]

I love how they devoutly defend capitalism, but every news story is about how fragile the economy is...

[@bogdiworksV2]

by economy they mean their profits.

[@JM-pq1rs]

A system that depends on worker exploitation is a system that doesn't deserve to exist. Shut it down.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

You mean just like how the Soviets and Chinese exploited their workers by forcing them into low-paying jobs that barely gave them enough money to live, if at all? The Soviets also had the Holodomor and the Chinese have their current exploitation of the Uighurs.

[@JM-pq1rs]

@@aycc-nbh7289 a system that depends on worker exploitation is a system that doesn't deserve to exist.

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

Realizations like these make me happy to able to be able to watch you and the deprogram...as long as that is still possible. As soon as I get a steady paycheck I'm going to join and donate directly. Thank you.

[@redtexan7053]

It’s always struck me as equally frightening and amusing how these organizations shape what public conversation consists of. I was watching the CBS Evening News about two nights ago. And there was this whole exaggerated story covering an “unprecedented” migrant caravan headed for the US/Mexican border. Finally they get around to putting a number to this supposed swarm of people, and it’s only 2,400 people. More people than that went to my High School. But from the way they talked about it, you’d think it was tenfold that number.

[@rhyscooper3693]

Then they gulaged children where several died... but that was a bit upsetting so they just talked about how some corporate shock jock intentionally said something offensive!

[@kramermillay]

There is no way theyre so blantantly trying to blame the people and not the bosses crippling their work force 😭😂 sounds like they're panicking (:

[@RemnantCult]

This is a weird comment to make but while I really love these videos, I think I might need to take a break from them. I'm burned out and checked out and need to focus on what life is about. Hope that's understandable.

[@SecondThought]

Absolutely! I’ll always encourage people to put down their phones and get outside or just take a break for a bit. It’s not healthy to constantly doom scroll. You have my full support ✊😁

[@TRNATO1]

And it's so funny that Americans believe CNN is/was "Left leaning"...hahhaah

[@WyattPriceTV]

Well it certainly isn’t right leaning

[@TRNATO1]

@@WyattPriceTV Come to Europe or go anywhere else in the world and see where it leans in comparison.

[@WyattPriceTV]

@@TRNATO1 If CNN is right-wing by comparison to the rest of the world, we must be living in a paradise

[@MikeOldani]

Socialize the rails. And the power grid. And the banks. If it's too big to fail, that's the government's job.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Do you really want the U.S. government to run the rails if they can’t even get running Indian reservations right?

[@joshuamarx8209]

@@aycc-nbh7289 That question presupposes that a Capitalist government has any interest in doing anything but helping corporate entities run the world. Which makes the question dumb.

[@recklssabndon]

Ive literally seen the conservatives moving to the economic Left and the young liberals blindly following companies to the Right wing. It’s mind blowing.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

See that's the thing. Liberalism isn't about human rights. Liberalism is about human *consumption*. It's an economic way of seeing the world - one which both major US parties embrace fully.

[@Adrolesien]

Yeah. Social conservatives have been moving economically left but keeping the social conservatism

[@dean1111]

@@doomsdayrabbit4398 exactly, liberalism ≠ leftism, and whilst it was used in by leftist historically when we still have Estate Systems, nowadays it's just capitalist, which is more right wing

[@recklssabndon]

@@Adrolesien i would take a leftist conservative over a right wing liberal any day of the week At the end of the day - every single struggle boils down to classism. If you’re truly on the left, you’ll fight for the rights of other social groups. Not just basic rights either. I mean, obviously freedom of speech. Yes. But also, basic economic rights. There is one core value (and it took me a long time to realize this as someone who has always been on the left, but in the past was more sympathetic to the mainstream liberal stuff, I mean: I still am with them on the issues themselves but they’ve now conflated those issues with corporatism and consumerism in ways that should disgust us all vis a vis Idiocracy or They Live) *but* there it still stands - the one core value we on the left share with the conservatives and should always find middle ground on: Work. The value of work. The importance of work. Not “work for a conglomerate like Am**on” but work in the social sense of the term. Community also comes to mind. And freedom of speech. And frankly the entire bill of rights. All of it. I’ll never understand people who call themselves leftists being anti-2nd amendment. I doubt that’s a popular stance in this particular channel’s comment section but it’s definitely a real sentiment among minority communities like the one I grew up in. Within our families. We know - if something bad happens, nobody is coming to save us except for ourselves and if we are lucky maybe our family and tribe. The police have no obligation to respond and protect us. But that’s a whole other can of worms.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@recklssabndon But why should we devolve into a society of class warfare? Splitting the country into “us” and “them” is only what both the far-right and the government may want in order to be able to fracture the unity of society and do whatever the hell they want.

[@Bryzerse]

I had no idea about this rail strike in the US, but we are seeing the exact same thing in the UK. The reporting is not quite as extreme, but it's remarkable how similar is feels, with workers just being labelled as villiains.

[@archeryfinn1658]

The billionaires pay the millionaires to convince the middle class that everything is the fault of the poor.

[@beccagrantham5978]

I love your videos, JT. You have been the main catalyst for my radicalization, and for that, I thank you. Your videos have led me to discover Hakim and Yugopnik, and I just started listening to The Deprogram. The only reason it took me so long to start listening to it is because I usually don't have the patience to listen to podcasts, I've gotta have something visual, but The Deprogram is interesting enough to hold my attention. I love it. I just wanted to tell you, keep doing what you're doing. Your work is changing people for the better, and you are appreciated, Comrade ❤️

[@SecondThought]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@ComradeConfucius]

Woohoo! I'm one of your biggest fans as you're a true American Socialist! I am going to enjoy this video 📸 Keep up the great work!

[@manyworldsin1]

This is the kind of content I need in my life. SOOOOOOO glad I found this channel.

[@MrJulius72]

It's sad how slowly we are being pushed back to the right on so many issues. And, sorry, but going right is another way of saying we are going backwards. We can't be America without moving forward.

[@camarotrash]

I have a B.A. in Journalism. Suffice it to say, upon leaving school, I quickly learned that “seeking truth and reporting it” would be swiftly dealt with in a capitalist society.

[@GoldenRedder]

It would be true in any society with power dynamics which is all of them. However in capitalism it has to establish rep with the viewer or they will go to other channels.

[@Shannon_Vlogs]

I hope the rail workers get some type of relief. I can’t imagine not having at least some sick days. People get sick. It’s an urgent matter.

[@isadora6092]

the fact strikes are always blamed on the workers instead of the companies' inability to meet such simple demands 🤡

[@andrewpitts-nordera1841]

If a strike seems too costly to the system, that's probably a good indicator that it's a good moment to strike

[@purplehaze2358]

Kinda funny to me how CNN referred to rail strikes as an "economic catastrophe", as if the entirety of our economy isn't one big, continuous catastrophe.

[@pronumeral1446]

Younger generations don't even watch traditional TV news stations so in the long run it barely matters. In the short term it's an issue though.

[@doodle3984]

The social media however is also so so right wing

[@darth3911]

@@doodle3984Reason why is leftist economic and social policies whilst good at the heart are not maintainable in the long run. Trying will only make things worse for later generations, hence why the U.S. is in so much debt and economic downfall. Fortunately Biden’s advisers are good enough to find ways to delay the affects of our nation’s economic downfall but I don’t think they can stop it.

[@VicViper1984]

Not to imply that wage labor or the working conditions of these rail workers is "as bad as" slavery, but what do these people think the rhetoric against abolishing slavery was back at the time? Because I'm pretty sure the south wanted to fight a war over claims that treating humans with basic decency was not worth the impact on the economy and their bottom line. Just some food for thought when it comes to the subject of media implying that cash flow to the 1% being unhindered is more important than the ethical treatment of workers by their employees.

[@aycc-nbh7289]

At least rail workers are not beholden to their jobs for life from birth to death.

[@VicViper1984]

@@aycc-nbh7289 Hence why I clarified that I wasn't trying to play oppression Olympics with the comparison. I'm by no means saying they're fundamentally the same, I'm saying that the same argument is used to delegitimize attempts to move towards ethical and humane treatment of lower class workers. While we're at it though, there is also absolutely an argument that they kind of are beholden to their jobs, not exactly in the way you're saying, but in the sense that capitalistic society inherently enforces a status quo in which workers might technically have the option to quit and find different work, but in many/most cases that isn't much of an option especially when nearly every industry banks on and thrives off of this dynamic. You put up with whatever mistreatment you're given, including but not limited to significant wage theft from your employer, and your only recourse is to roll the dice risking abject poverty and homelessness, just to see if another employer within your reach will be better, which is highly unlikely to begin with. Basically if you have debts and/or a family to support, the option to demand fair treatment or even be choosey within the labor force is virtually non-existent unless you have the kinds of resources and safety nets the majority of citizens do not.

[@peanutsveryepicchannel8699]

i mean...

[@crunchylettuce5446]

Glad I wasn't the only one to notice this shift

[@lordblazer]

I remember that time in July 2013. Don Lemon came on the air to tell black adults to pul; up their pants and stop saggingg, and it will solve all the problems we as black americans deal with in this country that actively marginalizes us.... I was like "wtf is this conservative bullshit?" like we the only ethnic group in the US that the media will actively infantilize.

[@tenki_]

"do you believe a strike is worth if it cripples the US economy and costs up to 2 billion dollars a day?" yes, i do

[@aycc-nbh7289]

Do you believe a strike is worth it if millions die from a lack of clean drinking water and grain?

[@tenki_]

@@aycc-nbh7289 "is a strike worth it if [scenario i just made up]?? doesn't sound as good now right?"

[@aycc-nbh7289]

@@tenki_ I did not just make that up. Water purification tablets are nearly exclusively delivered by rail.

[@tenki_]

@@aycc-nbh7289 and they will be delivered, do you not know how strikes work