I remember people saying similar stuff at the 2008 Olympics, that the opening ceremony was only so good and well-practiced because of authoritarian mind control.
If any nominally leftist country had marching bands, they would claim it's because the people have had their individuality stripped out of them by the system. But when football fans prepare a mosaic or a chant, that's just dudes coming together as one.
Most of them likely spend most of their time exclusively surrounded by people who are trying to out maneuver them for power, influence, and access and are either fanatically loyal to the point where they will turn on anyone at the orders of their leader, or so self serving that no one at all is safe around them.
Sure as hell was. Makes me feel so old though, the new Three Body Problem show constantly uses it as a device to remind viewers that it's 2008. It's 15 years ago. How the hell did that happen? I want my shitty flip-phone with the snake game back
I remember people saying similar stuff at the 2008 Olympics, that the opening ceremony was only so good and well-practiced because of authoritarian mind control.
None of these people have ever played in a band
If any nominally leftist country had marching bands, they would claim it's because the people have had their individuality stripped out of them by the system. But when football fans prepare a mosaic or a chant, that's just dudes coming together as one.
Most of them likely spend most of their time exclusively surrounded by people who are trying to out maneuver them for power, influence, and access and are either fanatically loyal to the point where they will turn on anyone at the orders of their leader, or so self serving that no one at all is safe around them.
The anglo brainpan is innately antisocial, struggling mightily with the concept of cooperation
I was there, it was fucking awesome, much better than the dumbass lame pageantry we have over here
You got to be in Beijing during the Olympics? That's cool as hell!
Sure as hell was. Makes me feel so old though, the new Three Body Problem show constantly uses it as a device to remind viewers that it's 2008. It's 15 years ago. How the hell did that happen? I want my shitty flip-phone with the snake game back
They were all unironically Eric Cartman having nightmares about the Chinese musicians lol