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this post was submitted on 22 May 2025
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I count only three?
Also wow, the top company that no-one ever heard of owned by the guy no-one ever heard of.
(Apply "almost" where needed)
My mistake:
I don’t have time to look it up, but his wealth is also listed as net worth, not income, so I suspect that might be a private company, which would explain why we haven’t heard as much about him.
Edit: I have time now and yes, it’s privately owned.
Edit 2: but maybe it’s about to be merged into a public company? I’m not sure, this is pretty nebulous, possibly because it hasn’t been finalized yet.
How tricky would it be To create a browser extension that notified you if you visit a site owned by these big6 (and more) and which one?
That's...a lot of domains.
The database seems like the biggest hurdle indeed.
I am considering about a community maintained dataset that starts with the most major sites and companies and expands from there.
I would not be able to do this alone but we could create a lemmy place to start something like it.
I don't see why not. Maybe a community for it will interest potential contributors to the project!
You could just assume that whatever you see is propaganda.
Not even Lemmy is an exception there but wouldn’t it be nice to know whos propaganda we are consuming?
Unless your advocating to cut the cable and live of grid we still have to visit sites.
I talking beyond the scope of media also. I would like to know if a dogfood site is actually nestle or not.
I have a cat and I try not to buy Purina, because it's owned by Nestle.
But realistically, there's no way you can bring down a company as big as Nestle or Musk by not buying from them.
I mean, has Musk lost anything if he only goes down to a mere $1 billion?
imho
True
Its less about actively bringing them down and more about actively not being a part of the problem by supporting slightly more ethical alternatives.
The Rich have more money then they could ever dream of spending, thats why its absurd that money is a motivator. Its an addiction to egomania and authoritarian power that drives their actions.
Thanks!
Some of these names turn my stomach. Well, at least one: Rupert Murdoch. He's a monster.
one of those guys is not the fuck like the others
What if I don't believe that the media controls the people, and rather, that our culture is really just this genuinely sickened and backwards?
In any society, the culture is created and maintained by the media and other apparatuses of the ruling class. Collectively, this is referred to as a society's superstructure
This superstructure reinforces and perpetuates the ownership and norms of productive forces in society, known as the base of a society.
In the USA, the base is oligarchic capitalism, and the superstructure is a neoliberal managerial-cultural apparatus
The media creates the culture.
It is deeper than that. If there was no media we would still have culture. People would tell stories and copy and adapt each others mannerisms and fashion. Local culture would be much stronger and vary a lot more.
What media does is control these elements by distracting us and occupying our attention with curated topics and lines of thinking.
Yes, I agree. But in our current climate we have media and not a whole lot of social interaction. So for all intents and purposes currently media is driving our culture.
Yes, nobody has any agency except the powerful.
How manichaean of you.
Wow, that is a jump. I'm curious, how did you get here from my comment?
Everyone thinks they are an above average driver.
I know I am above average.
Still doesn't make me a good driver.
Not me. I always think I did something wrong when I hear a honk anywhere nearby.
I believe I'm being controlled by Lemmy.
You are being programmed to be more compassionate. What a shame!
I know I'm being controlled by Lemmy. I've been using Linux for the past six months.
there's also people who hate racism, yet unknowingly act racist and become extremely defensive when called out, just because they don't consider themselves as racist
Good point, meme-that’s-trying-to-control-me!
I don't believe I am controlled by the media, instead I am controlled by my emotions and biases.
Amen