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1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jul-2018 18:46:03 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

   do you ever think about how your favourite shows are tailor-made to cater to a specific set of ideas and goals, even if that show on the surface is supposed to just be something light-hearted?

   every piece of media, no matter how simple, has some sort of message that holds the bias of its creators, and it's super duper important to be critical of everything you consume

   individuals can create propaganda just like the state can, even unknowingly

   1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jul-2018 18:49:35 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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      like...there are a lot of things we see in shows like star trek where "oh well, they made this decision and everything turned out great, must be the best decision to make irl too"

      except the writers of the show purposefully wrote things in a way that would make that decision look favourable. they are not displaying reality, but their imagined idea of how they'd like that situation to go. the conflict and resolution and everything in between, are fabricated.

      1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jul-2018 18:54:20 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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         we can try to make as accurate a representation of society as we'd like, we can make something incredibly believable to the point where viewers may uphold it as fact and use it as evidence for future arguments.

         but it will always be biased. it will never be 100% factual. we cannot replicate realistic situations 100%, not even when re-enacting things that actually did happen. there are too many variables

         1. bailey//rockruff⚪ (ctrlaltdog@chitter.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 01-Jul-2018 18:57:15 EDT bailey//rockruff⚪

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            we will never achieve a 100% perfect piece of media that is the objective guide for how we should live. so never consider any piece of media you consume to be the ultimate authority on any ideas.

            at the end of the day, there are people behind that media, people that are flawed just like the rest of us. people that want their ideas to come out on top, want the audience to feel/think the way they do, and they will set up their media to achieve that.