Comment by mandmandam

> it's about the ability of a foreign adversary

Hang on, 'foreign adversary'? Who makes all of America's stuff? Who sent so much of the jobs and manufacturing over there?

> to influence the American populous [sic] in subtle ways over time.

Eg, pointing out Israel's atrocities and how they lead right back to us, or about advantages of socialism compared to oligarchy.

Most other countries allow foreign media to be aired quite freely. Any 'subtle influence' is in a sea of other influences, and quite diluted.

Diverse media with free exchange of ideas leads to a populace with a chance of being informed. Restricting media to the US megacorps is obviously a terrible idea, no?

> That's what propaganda is and it works.

The solution to propaganda is to educate people and teach them critical thinking. However, that would damage the yacht class far too much.