Dissident Voice is an online left-leaning political site publishing articles on war, media, capitalism, and the environment.
Commenters link it as an alternative news source, and for critiques of Pinker and claims on HCQ, so its reliability is part of the discussion.
We do get to choose how to spend our money, and rich Americans who accrue millions or billions of dollars of personal wealth especially do.
No. Capital is power[0]. Not just power to choose, but power to shape the choices of others (through marketing, propaganda, laws, etc.). Not power for the greater good, but power merely for its own sake -- because those in power fear losing their power. So they tend to use the power (capital, money) they have in order to consolidate and amplify their power base, which includes reforming the choices of others (meaning you and me) to their own advantage. In this way society is "creordered" to serve and benefit those at the top of the power pyramid.
0. http://dissidentvoice.org/2010/05/capital-as-power/
The source is not Tucker Carlson - it is the person(s) he is interviewing. And if you don't want to listen to the interview, you can pay him to get a transcription of the interview and search through it. (Meanwhile, you may find this equally insightful - The Terrorist Forefathers of Israel: The Irgun and Lehi: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/03/the-terrorist-forefathers-of-israel-the-irgun-and-lehi/ - supporting my arguments on how Jewish religious fundamentalists have captured power in Israel. Without getting rid of them, peace is not possible in that region as they are the other side of coin that was Hamas in Palestine).
HCQ can be effective when used early and in correct dosages, as shown in hundreds of peer-reviewed studies. One widely-publicised, large Lancet study claiming it was "unsafe" was later retracted as it turned out to be made up BS. [0]
Living meta-study of 300+ likely non-pretend control studies on 400k+ patients:
https://c19hcq.com/
(Edit to add: And this was apparent early-on. Nothing much has changed with HCQ's profile since it was first identified as an effective, safe therapeutic in early 2020.)
[0] https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/08/lancetgate-why-was-this-monumental-fraud-not-a-huge-scandal/
"Real" journalism is difficult to find. Maybe look locally, internationally, and places that you've not been before.
http://thetyee.ca/
http://www.democracynow.org/
http://rt.com/
http://english.aljazeera.net/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/
http://dissidentvoice.org/
Some excellent journalists have moved from CBC to Al Jazeera. And, I note that many former American news anchors can be found on RT. Please do your own research, and take everything with a grain of salt.
Let me know what you find out.
> I don't know what you said
The below article was deleted from the queue in r/politics and I've been unable to post articles in politics and a few other subreddits ever since, using a particular handle from a particular IP.
Ron Paul’s Challenge to the Left: http://dissidentvoice.org/2011/07/a-question-of-morality-ron-paul%E2%80%99s-challenge-to-the-left/
My point stands: reddit has been complicit in silencing political opinion long before it began worrying about whether child porn should be allowed or not.
Gray seems to approach his criticism of Pinker from pretty much the same pro-establishment viewpoint, and struggles to make clear the problems.
This 2012 article by by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson demolishes Pinker's book far better and with fewer words: http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/12/steven-pinker-on-the-alleged-decline-of-violence/
I doubt the Guardian will be rushing to publish it though. Gray is much safer.