possibly more dangerous because they're what you turn to when you're really out there. out where spotify doesn't reach but you still don't want to be alone with your thoughts. it's like how it's important to pay attention to what's in the walmart discount dvd bin. for a lot of people that is what they have access to because no one else makes themselves available. having infinite connectivity has isolated us more than it connects us.

even now, i'm guilty of this. i'm outside. a honey bee polinates a sunflower. do i talk to anyone here? no they're all busy with their own conversations and i'm just waiting for a phone call. so i let these cracks in this fractured reality remain as i go online and simulate connection with all those who see this text.

in that experiment with the baby monkey, the wire momma with the milk, and the terry cloth momma with the heater, we are all the baby monkey clinging to the falsified social experience while missing out on the nutrients we need.

the powers that be know this and manipulate it

Thank you for agreeing with my point. No one ever listened to AM radio at home. I don't get why this perspective seems so controversial here after having living through it and observing this

Tens of millions of people did.

There was a time when Rush Limbaugh was one of the most politically influential voices in the country.

Not to mention the huge number of evangelical propaganda AM stations.

I think it's safe to say that telecom deregulation and the subsequent AM radio boom is one of the core reasons why American adults above 50 are rightwing/fascist.