"As many academics have pointed out, the media have become more and more important in creating culture (e.g., Powers et al. 1996, 2). Before the 20th century, the main creators of culture were the religious, military, and business institutions. In the course of the 20th century these institutions became less important while the media have increased in importance (for an account of this transformation in the military, see Bendersky 2000). And there is little doubt that the media attempt to shape the attitudes and opinions of the audience (Powers et al. 1996, 2-3). Part of the continuing culture of critique is that the media elite tend to be very critical of Western culture. Western civilization is portrayed as a failing, dying culture, but at worst it is presented as sick and evil compared to other cultures (Powers et al. 1996, 211). These views were common in Hollywood long before the cultural revolution of the 1960s, but they were not often expressed in the media because of the influence of non-Jewish cultural conservatives."
-- MacDonald 2002, Culture of Critique page lvi (bold not in text)
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[–] LittleDarkAge 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm around page 150 and have found it pretty interesting so far, although I really wish he used footnotes instead of in text citations, because they make it so clumsy to read. Also, I kind of get lost in my thoughts a lot when he tends to ramble on and on about a certain detail, it gets really monotonous sometimes. A lot of the same points get repeated again and again, but I found that instead of hammering in the point I just kind of get numb to it. Really could have used more editing and fine-tuning to cut the fat, but still I can see why people recommend it, it has a ton of very detailed information, and he really goes above and beyond to cite almost everything he says that isn't pure opinion, most of the times straight from the horses' (Jews') mouth. Still, I don't think this is a very good book to redpill people on the JQ, because it's way too hard for the average Joe to get through. I read "The System's Neatest Trick" by Ted Kaczynski yesterday and I enjoyed it a lot, short, sweet, straight to the point, but not to the detriment of what he has to say. The CoC needs to be distilled into an essay like that if we want to reach more people.
[–] CultureOfCritique [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Agreed, it's a bit long-winded and can become rather boring once you've absorbed the message of each chapter since he continues to cite examples. It's excellent as a resource though, and the academic in me loves that he actually backs up his claims with numerous examples and citations. It's not the best red pill food to wake people up though-- I like the idea of a distilled essay with the best points laid out in a shorter way that's easier to spread among the masses. Maybe I'll take that up as a side project one of these days.
And yeah-- Kaczynski was on point. It's too bad he doesn't really name the Jew though-- he's 99% there but just blames it on the system instead of the ethnic group manipulating the system.
[–] LittleDarkAge ago
I just remembered seeing a normie friendly summary on YouTube, but when I went to watch it, it was "not available on this country domain". Oy vey! Time to switch countries on my VPN and find out if it's just Germany being cucked or if free speech is dead in the other European countries, too.