• A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    i was gonna say that prior to the internet the ruling class had a monopoly on public opinion but that works too

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      5 days ago

      They generally do still! The internet has given both alternate means of subverting and enforcing cultural hegemony. This struggle of underground vs. above-ground ideological conflict has historically unfolded in similar ways. We need to advance and understand how best to gain leverage, asserting proletarian ideology. Leftist pedagogy is understudied for how critical it is.