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u/uhpvrq · 6 pointsr/worldnews

> capital allocation should remain in the hands of those who have proven themselves good at allocating capital.


  1. Dollarocracy
  2. Who Rules America?
  3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_inequality_in_the_United_States
  4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
  6. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-dramatic-rise-and-fall-of-labor-unions-in-one-chart-2012-5
  7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly
  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporatocracy

    It's easy to claim that one is deserving of their wealth (and then some more), when it is their wealth that allows them to change the rules of the game to their advantage.

    But you already knew that.
u/big_al11 · 6 pointsr/politics

It's always been like this. If you're interested check out:

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times by R. McChesney

Necessary Illusions : Thought Control in Democratic Societies by N.Chomsky

Our Unfree Press: 100 Years of Radical Media Criticism by R.McChesney

Beyond Hypocrisy: Decoding the News in an Age of Propaganda by E.Herman

Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media by M.Parenti

Dollarocracy: How the Money and Media Election Complex is Destroying America by R.McChesney

Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by E.Herman and N.Chomsky

Constructing Public Opinion by J.Lewis

The More You Watch the Less You Know by D.Schecter

The Political Economy of Media: Enduring Issues, Emerging Dilemmas by R.McChesney

Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader by Dines and Humez

Beyond Consumer Capitalism: Media and the Limits to Imagination by J.Lewis

Propaganda by E.Bernays

Make-Believe Media: The Politics of Entertainment by M.Parenti

When News Lies by D.Schecter

Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda by N.Chomsky

Will the Revolution Be Televised?: A Marxist Analysis of the Media by J.Molenyeux


All these guys have youtube lectures if you aren't much of a reader. Alternatively check out the following documentaries:

Manufacturing Consent

The Myth of the Liberal Media

The Power of Nightmares

Psywar

Class Dismissed: how TV frames the working class

The Power Principle

Project Censored: Is the Press Really Free?



Or you could even do a course in media literacy and watch Sut Jhally's lecture series on Media, Public Relations and Propaganda.

u/reqdream · 1 pointr/technology

Dollarocracy by John Nichols and Robert McChesney is a great book that expands on this idea