Apologies in advance.
Unfortunately the acceptance and furtherance of this type of media communication is inherent within humanity. Adam Smith’s work on collective bargaining and John Nash’s continuation of it (apologies for using facts by the way) to me go much deeper than simple economics – they delve into the human psyche. It is ingrained into us to try to achieve, to try to move forward. People themselves have many different targets, be it procreation, power, philanthropy or money, but whatever it is we will try to push ourselves as far forward as possible.

When it comes to newspapers for example, they follow simple capitalist doctrine – money is good. In order for newspapers to make money, and at another level achieve power, they need to appeal to the masses. To appeal to the masses they just need to apply simple social science – they can use their power to actually tell people what they want (celebrity gossip, criticism of government/military/immigration, fluffy kitteh’s) and then provide it – people will eat it up.

What it comes down to is the system – capitalism is exploitation. That’s meant in its purest form by the way, the use of something for one’s own advantage. In order for people to advance to try to achieve whatever goals they believe are worthy they use the materials at hand. The majority of us unfortunately, as in ingrained in the human psyche, want what is best for ourselves, not the group (per Smith/Nash) or humanity as a whole. They/we will therefore exploit our resources to the point of destroying them without any thought to the future – as long as we and our immediate beneficiaries are in a healthy position. The only way to change this is to offer a credible alternative that appeals to all parties which, to date, nobody has offered.
( Hunter Stockton was murdered by a bicycle wielding axolotl,.,.,.,., Thu 8 Dec 2011, 10:12, Reply)