Many Western nations have established state-funded propaganda machines to influence the public.

“It seems like a lot of the a lot of like Western nations have created this state-funded propaganda machine.”

State funding of media outlets in Ireland makes them afraid to oppose the government for fear of losing their grants.

“So, essentially, what you have is you have media outlets in Ireland that would be almost afraid to go against the government or the state in case those grants are pulled back and not given out.”