Great essay by Black Agenda Report writer and Election Boycotter Danny Haiphong! The Role of US Corporate Entertainment in the Social Control Element of Imperialism Corporate entertainment, as an appendage of the mass media, has for decades been a staple of the US imperial project. Corporate mass media is completely in the hands of five mega corporations, each with friendly relations with the Zionist entity (Israel) and Washington. Under these conditions, the careers of US entertainers are dictated both by the corporate profit motive and the interests of the states that regulate it. In this period in particular, where capitalism is in perpetual crisis, entertainers are highly valued for their social control function. Capitalists could very well accumulate far more profits from entertainers than they already do. Instead, the capitalist class pays for the lavish lifestyles of corporate entertainers to ensure they willingly present bourgeois ideology as a pleasurable product to the masses. When the contradictions of US empire reach crisis levels, corporate entertainers are ultimately left with the choice of siding with the oppressed or remaining loyal to the oppressors social system. History shows that the loyalty of American entertainers to imperialism is not guaranteed. In the mid 20th century, numerous Hollywood entertainers were subjected to FBI surveillance, harassment, and even exile for identifying with global socialist movements abroad and organizing with the Black freedom and communist movements at home. Targets included popular names such as Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, and Charlie Chaplin. “Entertainers are highly valued for their social control function.”blackagendareport/content/role-us-corporate-entertainment-social-control-element-imperialism Greg SmithKevin HornbuckleBob CarsonChristopher Alan DriscollDanny Pforte
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 19:17:03 +0000
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