Vladimir Lenin: Capitalists Free to Buy Press
on Thursday, May 3, 2018
Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune, UT
Vladimir Lenin Money Quote suggesting that capitalism uses a free press to manipulate the free press about a hundred years before his own country used Facebook to sway a free U.S. election in 2016 (and Sinclair Media buys a propaganda machine). Vladimir Lenin said:
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake ‘public opinion’ for the benefit of the bourgeoisie” ~ Vladimir Lenin
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Vladimir Lenin is criticizing the concept of a free press under capitalism. He argues that in reality, “freedom of the press” means the wealthy capitalist class (“bourgeoisie”) has the ability to purchase media outlets and influence journalists/writers, in order to manipulate and manufacture “public opinion” that benefits their interests.
Lenin views the press as not truly free and independent, but rather subject to being bought and controlled through financial means by the ruling capitalist elite.
The quote conveys Lenin’s belief that press freedom under capitalism is an illusion, since ownership and funding of media ultimately rests in the hands of private capital that can use their wealth to propagate pro-business propaganda and drown out dissenting voices.
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