Came here to say this. The American state is our national religion. It got dangerously close to being our national sport for the past 15 years, which was too unstable for the state's liking. The entertainment figures are there to tie the whole thing into the everyday spectacle of the American cinematic universe.

For all the shit the US ripped off from the Romans the divinity of the state stuff has been the most effective at colonizing people's brains

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