I heard a theory elsewhere which I agree with - They've had to stop using Hitler/Nazi phraseology because Hitler and Nazis were anti-semites which hits a little too close to home for the pro-palestinian/muslim Democrats. So they've switched their NPC coding to use the terms "Fascist", "Authoritarian" and "Mussolini" because that doesn't make people make the obvious association that the pro-palestinian/muslim communists are the same.
Spielbergs' movies post 80s are almost all nothing more than message movies. "Boomer Ideology" really got its start in the late 60s counter culture movies, where cinema became not so much about entertainment but about idealism and propagating THE MESSAGE and Spielberg was falling right in line.
Some of these examples are pretty forced, tho. Poltergeist had one of the first on screen appearances of pot smoking parents as if it was perfectly normal. ET - single parent family with not one mention of dad. (Though that's a typical Disney trope by Walt himself)
I've been in the industry and there's very much this self-righteous strain of "I must use this tool for good and enlighten the masses!" and so the B plot will be my homily. (looking at you Star Trek Next Generation)
The 50s and 60s were woke in their own way - but their stories were about infiedlity and adultery and cracking down the family unit. (See Airport 1970 for an indepth look at THAT)
They don't even realize their own lunacy. The whole game stereotypes black ghetto culture in the most vile and racist way but these twits think it's ok because it furthers "The Message" and meanwhile denigrating the field of archaeology outright.
Also - Indiana Jones is a villain now... but then he wuz a white guy anyway so that went without saying...
Yeah - I’d guess this particular type of “crash” happens about as often as trucks slamming into low overpasses (that are clearly marked with the allowed height)
Edit: lol - saw another angle - stupid thing was being pulled by a tug boat, so you had not one but two captains at fault here
I was reading elsewhere that Trump is trying to recreate the Petrodollar (Petrodollar 2.0) by allying with the Saudis and middle east again so that they only trade oil in US dollars and restoring the US dollar as the world's currency as a play against BRICS.
Dude - as a lapsed Episcopalian (parents were) they’ve been cucked for DECADES, starting with the ordination of women priests in the 70s.
The real irony here is that the Episcopalian church divorced themselves from the Anglicans about 20 years ago when the Anglican Church in the south/Africa refused to honor gay marriage… or people.
It's a simplification of history - Hitler believed the Aryans (distinctly, Germans) were the master race, not "white" people... just those of German descent. Italian? Polish? British? Nope.. not part of the group. Jews were right out.
Overtime the narrative got distorted as legend to "wyppipo" because it was convenient to do so.
That Hitler supported the Muslims as allies should show that it wasn't color insofar as RACE.
Was curious what the difference of Bolshevism was vs socialism as both are structurally/economically similar and came across this - interesting reading insofar as the “socialist” author is essentially arguing that socialism can only exist by stealing/subverting successful capitalist economies.
WTF are they even thinking?! (Are they even thinking?) So you bring in even MORE indians, who will use the NHS system and drain its resources further but the businesses and the businesses pay LESS to the NHS?!
That's outright malfeasance if not treason.
What was Crichton talking about?