It is a profoundly comforting feeling to know that the state and its media extension are tirelessly looking after our well-being. A care so selfless, so sacrificial, that it conveniently finances itself. Through us. For us. Against us. But of course, only for our own good.
Andreas Thiel poses the impolite question of who is actually serving whom here. A question that wouldn't even need to be asked in a healthy system. Because in an ideal world, the answer would be clear: The media serve the people. Period. Instead, reality seems to resemble a reverse subscription model. The people pay. The media broadcast. And criticism is seen as a malfunction, not a fundamental right.
The state-funded press likes to present itself as the moral watchdog over the very population that finances its existence. Like a butler who eventually decides that the household would be utterly lost without him and therefore begins to dictate to the master how he should think, feel, and speak. All, of course, in the name of stability. And responsibility. These two words are the media equivalent of a band-aid on an open wound: it looks caring, but solves nothing.
People like to talk about trust. Trust in institutions. Trust in narratives. Trust in those who claim to only want what's best for us. And while this trust is invoked like a religious ritual, an uncomfortable observation remains: those who truly serve don't need to constantly remind us that they are serving.
Perhaps true care lies not in controlling thoughts, but in trusting in the maturity of citizens. But maturity is uncomfortable. It asks questions. And questions are dangerous. Not for the people, but for those who claim to protect them.
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