rant · moment 19 of 26
Radio, TV, Internet, and the Path to World War
from #180 - History Hyenas | The Tim Dillon Show · #180
2 min
Tim theorizes that each new communication technology (radio in WWI, TV in WWII, now the internet) has been used to galvanize populations toward war, and debates whether nuclear deterrence prevents another world war, bringing up China's treatment of Muslims.
- Tim charts how radio was invented at the outset of World War One and used as propaganda to mobilize masses.
- Television emerged around World War Two and Germans and Americans weaponized it the same way.
- The Internet is the third great communication invention, and the same pattern of galvanizing extreme points of view seems inevitable, leading to another world war.
- Mutual assured destruction from nuclear weapons prevents outright war between major powers, Tim's guest argues.
- Tim says everyone is preparing for war with China, and a proxy war seems likely given Chinese concentration camps for Muslim minorities.
- Something nefarious is happening in China with concentration camps, echoing atrocities seen in the 1940s.
- The Internet swells everyone and brings out the lowest common denominator of humanity.
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