tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9279394.post3196025729573660937..comments2023-10-06T08:53:14.731-04:00Comments on Eternal vigilance: The Nolan Chart of cynicismRicketsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02579799843541826447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9279394.post-63779224897887134802017-02-28T19:38:03.012-05:002017-02-28T19:38:03.012-05:00Good points.
The situation with TV news is odd. I ...Good points.<br />The situation with TV news is odd. I never watch it either, and frankly, I can't imagine watching it (demands too much attention and provides too little information)...yet it apparently is still quite influential. Everyone talks about the divide between different news sources (CNN vs Fox), but I wonder if the bigger divide is between Internet and TV.Ricketsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02579799843541826447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9279394.post-90823865831595111262017-02-27T01:52:35.257-05:002017-02-27T01:52:35.257-05:00You are starting to see the long-term cumulative e...You are starting to see the long-term cumulative effects of living under a 9-11 security state regime. It is getting close to a generation now. Ive always taken libertarianism seriously. The long-term consequences of a security state, consequences that have been well-documented by history, is the erosion of trust(who can you trust?) and an oppressive cultural cynicism that eventually sets in. <br /><br />America is bit different than the totalitarianism of the past in that it still, to some extent, operates under some semblance of a "free press." Although, frankly, I've long since abstained from Cable/Satellite news. Any time I happen to catch it accidentally, it's like I'm watching a bad 80s Arnold dystopian flick. Add, to a large extent, the free press may not matter all that much. I have found is that the spontaneous order of the polity is the ministry of truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com