Mud

[poliphilo]

 I gave up on mainstream media a while back.

And now I follow alternative media.

The shows pop up in my YouTube feed.

(Did you notice where Russell Brand became a born-again Christian? And how he now punctuates his schtick with pious ejaculations?)

But increasingly I'm thinking "Now which of you can I trust?" and "What's your agenda?" and "Why do I care about the doings of the power elites anyway?"

And this image comes into my mind of a person crossing a vast churned up field, every step laborious, the mud sticking to their boots....

Comments

[cmcmck]

I care about their doings as they're in the process of screwing me over..........

[poliphilo]

That's a sufficient reason....

[tagryn]

As with alternative medicine, alternative media just feels like another form of Gnosticism in terms of the search for 'secret knowledge' that the average person doesn't (or isn't permitted) to possess, with all the weaknesses of that approach in terms of dismissal of critical thinking when applied to it, as opposed to the mainstream, and being as cloaked about their motivations and goals. I'm also suspicious that its pandering to the ego's desire to feel unique and special.

[paserbyp]

Very powerful message has this image of field of mud or maybe dead people after WWIII…