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misanthrope

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6. Thank you!

Reply to malaise (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 10:10 AM

14 hrs ago

I have been trying to drive this home for decades now. Anyone who has looked at advertising and newspapers since the Gilded Age can see this in action. When television came along, it put this societal shift on steroids.

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