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> when that same society has the attention span befitting TikTok?

I think the point is all of society isn’t that. Some people still pay for proper journalism. Those who don’t want to don’t have to.

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If I don't have kids thus don't want to pay for public school, I still pay my taxes which funds them because society is better off well-educated, or at least literate.