General Discussion

https://alaskalandmine.com/landmines/what-kind-of-american-are-you-a-review-of-alex-garlands-film-civil-war/

I have always felt that Hollywood like much of the entertainment industry is essentially apolitical.
I sometimes express things in seemingly apolitical terms where I feel the internet can further weaponize any rhetoric on any ongoing wars, religion, racial strife, gender. But I never fail to get the points the most honest type of left makes.

It is more seeing how irl human nature is exploited using the net especially to polarize along those lines while keep corporations and spooks above the fray.

I was sad to see this entirely needless disagreement (imo at least) between some lefties who are mostly on the same side in most material or philosophical senses. They were disagreeing rancorously largely on messaging (or at least that is how I read it..I like all three of them and felt they should join hands to attack Google, Facebook etc over argue ;-/):

https://equalityalec.substack.com/p/conventional-wisdom-and-popularity


That “both sides” stuff is bunk, but communication can backfire and go down pointless avenues that help all these mercernary or mercenary and far right grifters.

I’d roughly say, the best type of left argument is more honest 65-75%of the times in constrast to the average right argument, especially in such a right-shifted society. It is getting people to see that which is hard as these grifters in various kinds of media use emotive messaging to incite everyone and keep people hooked, fearful, anxious well beyond what is useful or necessary in order to be informed/prepared. Hope it goes back to bite them eventually.

I do agree with Garland though about how some people who are vocal and claim it is social concern (e.g.: The Atlantic’s oped writers or that ass David Brooks, Jonathan Haidt 🤮 ) are full of it..