A sane voice, one of the few left- please listen.

[AndyTiedye]

21. I Don't Think Any of Us Know How

We have been trying things that used to work, like mass protests, but they don't work like they used to.
This is almost entirely due to the lack of the kind of media coverage that such demonstrations used to get.

Boycotts become increasingly difficult as ownership becomes concentrated in fewer and fewer hands,
making it more and more difficult to avoid products by certain parties (the Koch brothers come to mind).

A lot of things may make us feel good, but nobody else notices, like…

how many people are willing to refuse to turn on the Tee Vee?

How could we determine the answer to this question?
Certainly not from the Neilsen Ratings.

It does not matter one whit whether or not you or I watch the Tee Vee
because we are not "Neilsen Families", so nobody knows whether we are watching or not.
"Neilsen Families" are selected from the most TV-addicted households they can find.
Those are the only viewers that matter.

In fact I practically never watch the Tee Vee, but my not watching makes absolutely no difference to them whatsoever.