@Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agoTIL that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton owns 15 properties worth ~$9 million. His official salary is $150,000www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1520arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1506arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton owns 15 properties worth ~$9 million. His official salary is $150,000www.nytimes.com@Zaelaa@lemmy.zip to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-22 months agomessage-square28fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelechekaflanlinkfedilinkEnglish8•edit-22 months agoAnd some people in my country – constantly plagued by institutionalized corruption but so soaked in escapist entertainment – think American/Japanese/South Korean politicians are incorruptible, no thanks to the movies and Youtube videos they consume.
minus-square@JasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 months ago“Culture”…movies, music, television, books, etc…thats one of America’s biggest most important exports. But really any art that’s built for commercial incentive will always be, at some level, propaganda.
minus-squarelechekaflanlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 months agoExpanded up a bit because it’s not just one country.
And some people in my country – constantly plagued by institutionalized corruption but so soaked in escapist entertainment – think American/Japanese/South Korean politicians are incorruptible, no thanks to the movies and Youtube videos they consume.
“Culture”…movies, music, television, books, etc…thats one of America’s
biggestmost important exports.But really any art that’s built for commercial incentive will always be, at some level, propaganda.
Expanded up a bit because it’s not just one country.