Speaking of the news, if we look up the definition of “terrorism”, then we get from Google that it is “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.”
It is then fair to say that the news are broadly speaking a form of emotional terrorism. They are lawful, but then again, this doesn't mean much considering the sheer exploitation, constant coercion and scandalous inequality of our world, all of which are perfectly legal. 5
The point of Agitprop, agitation propaganda, is not so much in its content, though of course it matters a great deal as well, but more so the state of being it induces. The news use a more subtle form of violence, one that affects the energetic body such that its listeners are utterly disembodied, and far more prone to being reactive and thus mechanically reaching to their preconceived ideas. 6
As a result, it doesn't really matter if you see through a fake news or a stupid idea, if you still feel compelled to share it to other people. The way that type of pattern replicates is precisely by making people angry, so angry that they can't help but comment on it, which draws more and more attention to it. Most people might not learn, but individuals can, and ultimately we are all responsible for getting pulled into that unconscious game, even if we aren't at fault for its existence. As always, better to focus on what you want to see more of.
3 Of course there is never any guarantee with the far past, but considering that the 4 Gospels which remain in the Biblical canon have been selected out of a wider list—see the Non-canonical gospels for instance_gospels)—very likely with a worldly bias, which is to say favoring civilization and its institutions, it's fair to say that if the version of Jesus' teaching which remains to this day was against charging interests, then so was the real one
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