I think when we're talking about trillions of dollars, it would be foolish not to presume to use of body doubles and scripted foibles.

  • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]M
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    10 months ago

    Yeah bro go ahead and just invent your own Obama era chud conspiracy. "I don't believe anything is real, it's all crisis actors body doubles."

    • BigHaas [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      There's a huge difference between believing every instance of right wing terrorism is scripted vs just the top level of the electoral government.

    • BigHaas [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      One of those is a capitalist excuse and the other is a totally reasonable metaphysical theory

    • BigHaas [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      If you use real people instead of characters they might die at inconvenient times. If everything is scripted it's a lot easier to control the zeitgeist.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        10 months ago

        As if it isn't already easy to control the zeitgeist.

        If you use characters instead of people then you introduce more moving parts into the system, overcomplicating it and actually making it more prone to failure. Remember K.I.S.S.

  • KnilAdlez [none/use name]
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    10 months ago

    Sorry, but they really are just foolish and sheep-like. Bourgeois democracy just rewards people like that.

  • blobjim [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    The question is can they grow more clones when they need them or do they come out different if they're from separate batches? Like did they make like 20 Barack Obamas in case they needed extras? Or is there just like 2 and if they stop working they grow more? How long would it take to grow replacements?

    • BigHaas [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      The body doubles aren't clones, just normal hired actors with a strict NDA.

      • ped_xing [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        Cameras have been too good to allow for that for decades now; that's why they stopped after replacing Paul McCartney.