I’m pretty sure I agree with this take? I do think it’s your civic duty to be familiar with every major story that passes through the 24 hour news cycle. The lie the news media tells is that the best way to do that is to check headlines every 6.8 seconds, when in reality reading a few articles (although you do have to click through and read the whole story) from a reputable source every 1-3 days will leave you much better informed than someone who looks at headlines constantly.

I mean, your associated quote does very much advocate trading hours of your time just to survive, so I’m not really sure how to reconcile it with your caption on the image.

They were always like this, you’re just getting older and smarter and you can see through the packaging and the branding and the propaganda better now.