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GMoromisatoyesterday at 10:58 PM1 replyview on HN

Ironically, it's this ritual self-flagellation that helped elect Trump.

Normies lost faith in the media partly because they were seen as not really loving America. And if you don't trust the media, then it's a lot easier to believe Trump's lies.


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jquerytoday at 1:21 AM

> Normies lost faith in the media partly because they were seen as not really loving America.

I would argue they lost faith because the media constantly lies and distorts the truth to promote the ideology of capital. They are elite and disconnected, absolutely, just not in a left wing way, but a corpo-capitalist way (which only looks “left” if you’re to the right of capital).