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More relevant today than ever

posted 8 years ago by JayHysterio
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The recent Presidential election showed exactly what this film showed; Substance, intelligence, critical thinking loses out to rants and innuendos. The American public wants the sizzle, not the steak. Back then it was television that was the controller...today it's the internet in addition to television; Facebook, Twitter now form the direction of the American people; combined with the banality of the talking heads and the subverviseness of the government and corporations.

[–] Owlwise 8 years ago

I completely agree -- TV was just the tip of the digital wedge. It's not merely that more people are uninformed & poorly educated, it's that they know it & are actually proud of it.

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

"I completely agree -- TV was just the tip of the digital wedge. "

TV wasn't digital in the seventies.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Hahahahahaah

Here knows that. He meant the beginning of today's digital nonsense.... the digital wedge... the tip, the start of it

[–] CoriSCapnSkip (2170) 8 years ago

Amen to all this!

[–] Jones70 (6534) 5 years ago

yeah for sure

[–] modica (4169) 5 years ago

Rather than listen to someone who is cultured and intellectual, too many Americans will give up every last right they have to a big-mouthed buffoon. It's happening right now.