So Rubio meets with his Chinese counterpart to smooth over tensions ahead of Xi Jinping’s visit to the U.S., and you’d expect a headline that screams, “Diplomacy at Work!” But let’s be real: most of the corporate media fixate more on potential fireworks than actual solutions. CNN frames it as “tensions simmering,” while Fox just loves to highlight the “China threat.” Talk about a convenient narrative!

What’s glaringly missing is the notion that perhaps, just perhaps, this meeting is an opportunity for real dialogue—something the establishment can’t handle. They’d rather set the stage for a blockbuster confrontation. It’s all part of the blame game, with each outlet trying to score points in their ideological corner. The Washington Post mentions the meeting, but you’ll still get buried under their predictable quilting of narratives that suggest doom and gloom, rather than focusing on the positives of diplomatic efforts.

Meanwhile, have you noticed how the coverage downplays the fact that diplomacy is needed? We’ve got to ask ourselves, why are we so quick to lean into the conflict narrative? It serves the establishment’s military-industrial complex by keeping us on edge and perpetuating the cycle of hostility.

At the end of the day, whether it’s the “Red Scare” or a meandering economic rivalry, the spin is all the same: fear-mongering over constructive engagement. If we keep swallowing these narratives, we may as well get comfortable in our permanent state of conflict!