<i>&gt;&gt; people choose their governments via media nowadays...</i><p>I&#x27;m in the U.S. and this is quite true. Then again, it think it always has been. The difference now is that the media is owned by a the parties (or the parties and the media have become one) and simply push the party line rather than pushing a particular candidate. And the particular candidate that will move the nation farthest in the party&#x2F;media&#x27;s direction gets the most positive attention. And any candidate from the opposite side becomes &quot;Hitler Satan&quot; (TM).<p><i>&gt;&gt; ...media are really, really bad.</i><p>No, the media has become really, really good! It&#x27;s just that what their good at is not what you think you want out of media. Once you realize the media exists to corral and direct you rather than inform you, you begin to see how truly good they&#x27;ve become.