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[–]Newzok 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sorta yeah. I noticed muh democracy being a thing that somehow made its way into films. First that comes to mind is that drab Ridley Scott Robin Hood movie, where he suddenly up and lectures the villagers that democracy good tyrants bad.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Pretty much all of the movies/games feel like subconscious training manuals priming us for a future date so when they tell us to jump we only ask 'How high?'.

[–]Newzok 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah... I remember being blissfully unaware that so much of Hollywood output is propaganda. 'member Jack Bauer fighting le evil middle Eastern terrorists in 24? It did not connect with 14 year old me that it was selling me the war on terror.