tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post422337916219677918..comments2024-03-09T04:13:53.858-06:00Comments on Accidental Deliberations: On asymmetrical warfareUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-65846666113608210432020-11-06T14:51:13.058-06:002020-11-06T14:51:13.058-06:00Seems as if the NDP in Saskatchewan (as in many pl...Seems as if the NDP in Saskatchewan (as in many places, really) needs to counter right wing dominance of the mainstream media, and has found no effective counter to that.<br /><br />The far right in places like the US has found counters to that problem; unfortunately, most of them, even when they feel like grassroots, have involved a lot of money, whether it's diffusion of propaganda through churches (which are big money media in their own right), talk radio (which involved purchase of a bunch of radio stations) or even social media (the big hard right social media presence was created by lavish infusions of funds from right wing think tanks, in turn funded by big corporations and oligarchs like the Koch brothers).<br /><br />Still, the US hard right has used all those channels and institutions to create a sort of community--a community glued together largely by fraud, hate and xenophobia, but whether progressives like it or not, pointing at an out-group can indeed create cohesion among the in-group. But that can work as well or better for the left, because of course positive things can also create community. The Black Panthers pointed out at the white oppressors, but much of their robustness as a movement came from the practical help and empowerment they created in the communities where they were active. There are things the left and the NDP may be able to do to create powerful progressive communities which, as a side effect, would deliver in elections. But it won't be easy.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com