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<blockquote data-quote="questor70" data-source="post: 1183520" data-attributes="member: 12560">It's a chicken and the egg debate.&nbsp; My opinion is that the cultural norm in big cities is already anti-traditional and media that services big cities (like the New York Times) reflects its target demographic because it makes the best business-sense.&nbsp; But even when commerce isn't the big driver, silos happen.&nbsp; For instance, I'd say there is an 80% or more chance that at any moment of the day, if you switch on NPR, it will be a story revolving around race/gender/sexuality/suffering 3rd world shitholes, either a sob story about discrimination, or a puff piece gushing with praise over diversity.&nbsp; There are more stories in this world beyond this, but NPR fixates on it the same way Fox News fixated on every conceivable error during the Obama administration.&nbsp; It does this because its target demographic skews female, gay, minority and liberal whites who are saddled with guilt over their privilege. The reason why urban civilizations are more liberal is not because of media brainwashing.&nbsp; It's just sort of the natural order of things.&nbsp; More people clustered together, the more anonymized we become, the easier it is to play musican chairs with our personal lives as you may never cross paths with an ex again as people blend back into the crowd.&nbsp; The more rural things are, the more you grow up and live out your entire lives together.&nbsp; Everyone knows each other's business and the greater the risk of social ostracism (or worse) if you mistreat someone.Adding in the Tinder and the rest just adds fuel to an already raging fire.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="questor70, post: 1183520, member: 12560"] It's a chicken and the egg debate. My opinion is that the cultural norm in big cities is already anti-traditional and media that services big cities (like the New York Times) reflects its target demographic because it makes the best business-sense. But even when commerce isn't the big driver, silos happen. For instance, I'd say there is an 80% or more chance that at any moment of the day, if you switch on NPR, it will be a story revolving around race/gender/sexuality/suffering 3rd world shitholes, either a sob story about discrimination, or a puff piece gushing with praise over diversity. There are more stories in this world beyond this, but NPR fixates on it the same way Fox News fixated on every conceivable error during the Obama administration. It does this because its target demographic skews female, gay, minority and liberal whites who are saddled with guilt over their privilege. The reason why urban civilizations are more liberal is not because of media brainwashing. It's just sort of the natural order of things. More people clustered together, the more anonymized we become, the easier it is to play musican chairs with our personal lives as you may never cross paths with an ex again as people blend back into the crowd. The more rural things are, the more you grow up and live out your entire lives together. Everyone knows each other's business and the greater the risk of social ostracism (or worse) if you mistreat someone. Adding in the Tinder and the rest just adds fuel to an already raging fire. [/QUOTE]

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