The article explores the dual perceptions of individuals working in conservative media, highlighting envy for job security versus pity for the lack of dignity in their work. The critique notes that while these media jobs can be more stable than those in free-market environments, the content produced often lacks substance and integrity. The author points out a disconnection between the presentation and the authenticity of experiences conveyed, exemplified by Lou Dobbs' absurd commentary, suggesting that the media's current state resembles a distorted reality akin to dystopian films, lacking the engaging elements of true artistry.
The work of hunching over the ROFL lathe and extruding shitty little blogs, videos or podcasts about The Foreign Hordes or trans teenagers has no dignity anywhere in it.
Those jobs mashing away at the reactionary soundboard are easy and secure relative to ones that exist in the free-market media environment.
Even the products dropping off the end of that assembly line aren't actively poisonous are kind of sad-too shiny, bloated, wan.
It was halfway hack even then to point out that America's public reality was increasingly existing within several different Paul Verhoeven movies at once.
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