The end of capitalism has begun

[tech3149]

10. I don't think we really breed a bunch of stupid people

I think it's more a matter of engineering an environment that distracts us from the truth and takes away every opportunity for us to learn to think.
I was never a major consumer of news and most of my 60+ years I was militantly apolitical. What posed for an education in civics was at best superficial. Even the election of Shrub wasn't enough to turn me around.
The run up to the invasion of Iraq was the breaking point. That's when I knew that the PTB felt no need to conceal their actions. That gave me a prime example of how deceptive and harmful our commercial "news" really is.
Since my turn around I absolutely stay away from US commercial media. All I know about the happenings in the world comes from independent, generally supported by the consumer or international outlets.

The biggest problem with the capitalist economy in its current configuration is that it is entirely too short sighted. They are working too hard to generate their own demise because they have corrupted the system to benefit those who provide the best payback as quick as possible.

Listen to John Prine "Turn Off Your TV" I probably won't throw away the paper but I won't pay for one that is nothing more than a fishwrap.