Have you heard of The Washington Post? It is a website that produces liberal propaganda but does not allow it to be read unless the person consuming it pays for it. The bourgeoisie literally want you to pay for your own ideological indoctrination into their system. Other sites also exist which are intended to “give you a clear picture” of things going on in the world, and they follow a kind of logic that you must consume extreme rightist propaganda news sources like FOX alongside typical liberal American propaganda to “balance yourself out” in some way. The idea that I must listen to fascists and class enemies to understand their side of reality seems a bit out of touch with any real form of class struggle or understanding about why those organizations even exist. These rightists have to be either elites, paid by elites, or they are ideologically aligned with those kinds of extremist systems and political groups. The insane articles written under capitalism encouraging sympathy for landlords or defending the atrocities of the US regime against minorities and undocumented just shows how these people are in a completely different reality from everyone else who is sane.

So while the United States has a population that is screaming for human rights and freedom, you can’t even read their propaganda without paying, and their government is constantly committing indefensible atrocities both domestically and abroad, especially defending countries like Ukraine or Israel. Why do liberals think that the solution to this is to read the news of class enemies? Why would they consume right-wing propaganda? Do they want to become fascists? Do they want to become pro-Israel? They are giving way too much validity to malicious actors who deliberately want to radicalize their followers and spread hate. Fascist ideologies are historically incoherent and just exist to promote imperialism and whatever reactionaries and the ruling class wants.

The entire idea of diverse media is also flawed and it perpetuates the isolation of US political thought and political systems. If they truly cared for the masses, they would give them news that is backed by theory. Instead they give socially liberal pseudo leftism which ignores any form of class struggle, and they expect us to pay to read it. Give the people socialist news and theory, let them hear about Palestine from the liberation groups themselves who have boots on the ground, and let them take a break from the state ideology of the US regime.