"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest." -Mon Mothma (Andor) - ThreadSky

esqueer.net • 9 days ago

"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil. When truth leaves us, when we let it slip away, when it is ripped from our hands, we become vulnerable to the appetite of whatever monster screams at us the loudest."

-Mon Mothma (Andor)

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blkhks07.bsky.social•9 days ago

Such a fantastic show.

s8nsgimpyleg.bsky.social•9 days ago

I have to start watching that show...

danifroom.bsky.social•9 days ago

this season has been hitting so hard
https://bsky.app/profile/danifroom.bsky.social/post/3lo753syjrc2e

jorgepereiraart.bsky.social•9 days ago

So... No space wizard's family drama in this one?

hexchaos.com•9 days ago

Nope, almost no mention of the force or Jedi. Very much on purpose.

jorgepereiraart.bsky.social•9 days ago

Then I may watch it gladly.

Btw never would have thought I'd get an answer from one of the villains of Reboot. lol

Thanks!

hexchaos.com•9 days ago

webrant.bsky.social•9 days ago

"One can also easily imagine her words being said by a politician on C-SPAN right now."

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andor-truth-genocide-speech-mon-mothma-1236208709/

esqueer.net•9 days ago

Had to cut this for character limit but this line "of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous" really hits hard in the current moment as the oligarchs destroy objective reality to substitute their own unreality to exert control over all of us.

jaidne.bsky.social•9 days ago

watching everything my ancestors fought for for decades being ripped away all at once just because a gaggle of businessmen couldn't handle it makes me so angry

kithli.bsky.social•9 days ago

I can't help but remember that c*nt, Kellyanne Conway first dismissing verified reports as "fake news"

ridokoushi.com•9 days ago

Repeal of the fairness doctrine, “weapons of mass destruction” spin, social media engagement over accuracy, “alternative facts,” truth becoming tribal and fact dismissed as opinion in Trump 1.

We’ve been on this road a while. Now it’s here as you describe, front and center.

lexaproletarian.bsky.social•9 days ago

Disney people will watch this then still vote for politicians who stand with israel

danifroom.bsky.social•9 days ago

Disney adults: phew good thing none of this happens in real life

lexaproletarian.bsky.social•9 days ago

“Good thing this has nothing to do with my taxes!”

cawitches.bsky.social•9 days ago

Disney, f ing Disney. Saying more about the world than just about any other outlet. I can't even.

sirdew123.bsky.social•6 days ago

Described in Orwell's 1984.
Newspeak and Big Brother.

josephrecchia.bsky.social•9 days ago

It may be a fictional show but damn if this line doesn't have weight in the current collapse of a unified vision of reality/truth

azurevista.bsky.social•9 days ago

That was lost 24 years ago.

The consequences of all those lies is now playing out.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/08/31/afghanistan-the-big-medias-question-today-is-wrong-and-dangerous/

black-stardust.bsky.social•9 days ago

"So if you want to rip the heart out of a democracy directly, if you want to go right at it and kill it, what you do is you go after facts. And that's what modern authoritarians do."
- @timothysnyder.bsky.social

black-stardust.bsky.social•9 days ago

"Step one: You lie yourself, all the time.

Step two: You say it's your opponents and the journalists who lie.

Step three: Everyone looks around and says, "What is truth? There is no truth."
And then resistance is impossible and the game is over."