April 24, 2023
The assumptions of progressivism
By Clark Wren
Progressivism requires a boatload of assumptions. Because it takes time and deep thinking to see the false and even the insane conclusions, most people do not have the patience, energy, or experience to chop through those assumptions.
Assumptions are always kept hidden in propaganda. We only see or hear conclusions from the press: No one is above the law; we must have a free press; the people rule. Joseph Goebbels once said, “Propaganda is an oversimplification of reality.” And all we ever get is propaganda from the elite media.
It’s the assumptions, though, that need to be examined closely: those moments when you are reading the news or watching the news and you realize what you are seeing or hearing is false. For example, NPR recently removed its account from Twitter because Twitter categorized it as “state-affiliated media.” NPR claimed its editors were independent: i.e. We do not put out agenda-based propaganda. “NPR has announced that it will no longer use Twitter to distribute its content after the social media platform began labeling the network as ‘US state-affiliated media,’ putting it in the same category as government mouthpiece publications like RT and China Daily.”
I laughed aloud when I read this. If NPR isn’t propaganda, then what is?
It’s in these laugh-aloud moments that you realize the media has a platform and you don’t. What can you do? You don’t have NPR’s power to be heard, so what they write or say is a type of truth because it’s the truth of power, and you almost believe what you think is falsehood. It’s a feeling of powerlessness.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/04/the_assumptions_of_progressivism.html
