The cold war propaganda has really been ramping up the last 10 years, hmm?

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I know it's not the point they're trying to make but I guess it's fair that Russia gets gulags and that in USA they unleash unspeakable world ending evil, then leave it to kids to just have to deal with it because everyone's busy at the mall and freedom or something

    • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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      2 years ago

      Yeah it's definitely kinda funny that as hard as they try to make the Soviets these super evil villains, even in the text of the show the US is unfathomably worse.

      Hopper shitting on Vietnam was a step too far though.

        • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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          2 years ago

          When he's in the Gulag talking to the prison guard that gets thrown in with him, he mentions enlisting to go to Vietnam and how the "Commie bastards like you descended on the south like a plague". It's brief but I was like holy shit that's a bold take. Of course it wouldn't be out of character for an American cop to say but it still had me going "wait what the fuck".

          • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]M
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            2 years ago

            Ah, its in the new season? Gotcha. That explains why I didn't remember. Also, at least the actor seems amenable to socialism?

            • Nakoichi [they/them]M
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              2 years ago

              “I don’t know that there’s anyone who could disagree with socialist ideology,” Mr. Harbour told the Guardian newspaper.

              No shit. Well that's cool.

          • CredibleBattery [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 years ago

            this isnt just a bold take, this is straight up derangement, revision of history and just pure fucking undiluted propaganda. what the actual fuck.