Sean, on The Corporation: “The flaw in the movie's argument is that it is a product of a modern liberal ideology, and that ideology is based partly on the concept of John Stuart Mill's "Open Society," the free marketplace of ideas where the truth magically floats to the top of every debate. Thus, to invert Goebbels, if you tell enough people the truth enough times, they will believe you. This is a fairly silly assumption to make, because if this principle is established, all the Thrasymachuses of such a society have to do just one thing to stay in power: make it impossible to criticize the established order by controlling the form of the media, thus preventing the populace from distinguishing between truth and lies, serious debate and entertainment. Actual content matters little in the mass media; on a visceral level, it does not matter if you're watching a Mike Moore or Wachowski Brothers film, because it's hard to tell the difference between the two.”