I always thought it was more of a dig at capitalist beaurocracy kinda like Brazil. The Ghostbusters are by no means the ideal solution to the ghost problem, but they're the solution that capitalism allows for.
The EPA joke was always more of a "the government would rather try and apply standard beaurocratic procedures to this novel problem than mobilize a massive publicly funded response to it".
Switch out ghosts with covid and it's actually surprisingly prescient about how the US government handles novel problems that effect the public health.
I always thought it was more of a dig at capitalist beaurocracy kinda like Brazil. The Ghostbusters are by no means the ideal solution to the ghost problem, but they're the solution that capitalism allows for.
The EPA joke was always more of a "the government would rather try and apply standard beaurocratic procedures to this novel problem than mobilize a massive publicly funded response to it".
Switch out ghosts with covid and it's actually surprisingly prescient about how the US government handles novel problems that effect the public health.