Modern Media and Lockean, Utopian thinking

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[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Some of them even do this unintentionally but that's not as interesting

It's always funniest when they fail at their own propaganda. I can remember a couple times this has happened; a movie tries to display how evil and bad their thinly-vieled analogy group is, and end up making them look like the good guys. I believe that Wolfenstein on Netflix was an example that popped up some time ago.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Absolutely. I even remember watching k e of those Cape movies ages ago that had Zod and Russell crowe as supermans father and thinking the whole time 'zod is 100 percent right and superman father is the villain of this entire movie and ultimately just as responsible for what is happening to earth as zod'.

[–]Nombre27 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I can remember a couple times this has happened; a movie tries to display how evil and bad their thinly-vieled analogy group is, and end up making them look like the good guys.

The America shown in Man in the High Castle. Safe, orderly, productive.

[–]YJaewedwqewqClerical Fascist[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah yes, that was it. I referenced Wolfenstein but I believe you're correct.