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BlackScythe0 posted...

while claiming to be a unique and independent thinker.

I don't recall making that claim.

Mark Twain
There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope. We give them a turn and they make new and curious combinations. We keep on turning and making new combinations indefinitely; but they are the same old pieces of colored glass that have been in use through all the ages."

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

The wheel, it turns, it comes around. It makes an ancient rumbling sound.

The mainstream media is so because it promotes ideas that are common place. When you reject the common place that leaves a limited number of alternatives. For that reason those who likewise reject the common place will appear to think alike despite doing so independently of each other.