Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
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The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. -Thomas Jefferson
maiforpeace wrote:Funny, I literally just posted about that here:
Certainly some classic american media, at first I thought it was an Onion spoof.
Our struggle is not against actual corrupt individuals, but against those in power in general, against their authority, against the global order and the ideological mystification which sustains it.
"What started as a legitimate effort by the townspeople of Salem to identify, capture and kill those who did Satan's bidding quickly deteriorated into a witch hunt" Army Man
Ernie and Bert are trying to convince your kids to be gay...
Oscar is there to glorify homelessness...
The Cookie Monster is desensitizing our kids to drug addiction...
Frog and Pig sex is teaching our kids that interspecies romance is acceptable...
Communism is just a drop in the bucket...
Also, haven't seen the movie, but Sesame Street has definitely started pushing lefty politics, while simultaneously marketing to children like crazy. I really wouldn't put it past Disney to be hypocritical enough to do this again. The people who think children's entertainment isn't full of propaganda are the ones fooling themselves.
andrewclunn wrote:Also, haven't seen the movie, but Sesame Street has definitely started pushing lefty politics, while simultaneously marketing to children like crazy. I really wouldn't put it past Disney to be hypocritical enough to do this again. The people who think children's entertainment isn't full of propaganda are the ones fooling themselves.
Disney has gone int the war business. It's subtle, but the reference to "Mars" here are obvious:
Ein Ubootsoldat wrote:“Ich melde mich ab. Grüssen Sie bitte meine Kameraden.”
What a way to cherry-pick movies He pulls out four movies, two of them kids movies, supposedly against the oil industry and then says they don't want to tell the story about what the oil industry has done for America...
Using the same format of tenuous linkage I'm going to say off the top off my head... Armageddon. A buch of oil drillers go into space to drill into an oncoming meteor to plant a nuclear bomb within and blow it up saving the day.
Go America!
Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
Animavore wrote:What a way to cherry-pick movies He pulls out four movies, two of them kids movies, supposedly against the oil industry and then says they don't want to tell the story about what the oil industry has done for America...
Using the same format of tenuous linkage I'm going to say off the top off my head... Armageddon. A buch of oil drillers go into space to drill into an oncoming meteor to plant a nuclear bomb within and blow it up saving the day.
Go America!
Even that was about the small(er) guy triumphing over the larger organisation NASA/Goverment/Miltary/Large Rock
Movies only work if its a case of someone having to overcome obstacles
When only criminals carry guns the police know exactly who to shoot!