Watching these two movies on a sleepless night inspires dread.
Cheney did it on instinct
Cummings did the math
Distil fear into hate, change the wording, build a media, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Pathetic little men, idiots even, changing the course of history.
Children (and people) need to know how stupid people in government (power) are, not awe-inspiring, but pageantry and props, spur of the moment decisions, money and petty tyrants, a mix of pretentious calculation and dumb acquiescence.
@RustyBertrand There are quite some more movies more to watch. A movie which featured the phenomenon of mediacampaigns #derailing for example: Wag the dog 😉
@Grootinside @RustyBertrand Saw that at the cinema at the time and it was just too close to home. Lot of good political comedies around that time: Bob Roberts, Bullworth, Primary Colours come to mind.
@davoloid @RustyBertrand Btw. would love to get some tipps about more recent movies.
Myself would recommend "Anon" and "Automata" 🤔
Although by some reason some of the older, crazy movies seem to become more (kinda) relevant nowadays, like "Idiocracy" 😬😉
@Grootinside @RustyBertrand Anon seemed like an interesting concept that ran out of road.
If you've not seen that show, Black Mirror have pretty much done all the dystopian tech stories over the last decade or so. And yet we still didn't learn.
@davoloid @Grootinside
The Mouse That Roared with Peter Sellers
@RustyBertrand @Grootinside Wow, there's a blast from the past. I think I actually saw that as a kid (not in the cinema, I am not Dorian Grey).
@davoloid @Grootinside
I saw it as a kid, it imprinted. Re-wtched it recently. Still good.