I once told my friends that the pentagon and CIA are deeply involved in Hollywood financially and editorially. They got kinda mad and said I was making it up. I showed them that National Security Theater book and they still said I was making it up.
Americans are the most heavily propagandized people in human history.
I was arguing with a :LIB: about that Chinese action movie that prompted a round of yellow peril a few months back. They tried to claim that it's okay that America made war movies because that's just a FREE MARKET™ providing what CONSUMERS want! It's different when China does it because they're intentionally stoking jingoism in their population.
Imagine their surprise when I cited the extensive censorship and collaboration between US DOD and CIA. Would you guess that they just flatly refused to believe it, and defaulted to racist tropes to defend it all in the same breath?
I once told my friends that the pentagon and CIA are deeply involved in Hollywood financially and editorially. They got kinda mad and said I was making it up. I showed them that National Security Theater book and they still said I was making it up.
Americans are the most heavily propagandized people in human history.
I was arguing with a :LIB: about that Chinese action movie that prompted a round of yellow peril a few months back. They tried to claim that it's okay that America made war movies because that's just a FREE MARKET™ providing what CONSUMERS want! It's different when China does it because they're intentionally stoking jingoism in their population.
Imagine their surprise when I cited the extensive censorship and collaboration between US DOD and CIA. Would you guess that they just flatly refused to believe it, and defaulted to racist tropes to defend it all in the same breath?
The Battle at Lake Changjin. It's pretty great.
That's the one. Thanks.
and it has a sequel!
here's the PDF for others
National Security Cinema by Alford & Secker PDF