Thread by @thrasherxy

Not directly related here, but thinking abt how former President & 1st Lady Obama both work with/for Netflix, & how former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg now works for Facebook, & how there's zero independence between govt officials & the media outlet which shape stories

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1333004057427013632

Tech allows for really seamless ways for capital (economic, social, political, cultural) to move, almost w/o notice. I find it funny that liberals will SCREAM abt Trump (maybe) starting a network but are MUM on lib heads of UK & US govts shaping output of...Netflix & Facebook!

I gave a Swiss/German friend in Europe my Netflix password & he wrote he'd watched Michelle's "glossy 'Becoming. Working hard for those Netflix millions & a good job. Update of Leni Riefenstahl Triumph of the Will to promote self-help and ambition." 💀💀💀

I don't think he, or I, exactly think the Obamas are like Hitler or Trump and I don't equivocate exactly on content. BUT! The seamless way lib heads of state are influencing the most powerful narrative platforms on the planet + getting paid to informally lobby must be examined

I think understanding the Democratic pipeline to Facebook, Google, Netflix behind-the-scenes is more significant than seeing DNC hacks go to MSNBC on camera--not just in terms of programming, but as lobbyists who are shaping narratives & information in invisible ways.