How easy it is to lose track of the freedoms you don't know you don't have by pointing at another country and going "I heard they won't let you criticize the government!" while the police are monitoring Americans who express anti-health insurance sentiment. Presumably all 330 million of them. - ThreadSky

dashwallkick.bsky.social • 51 days ago

How easy it is to lose track of the freedoms you don't know you don't have by pointing at another country and going "I heard they won't let you criticize the government!" while the police are monitoring Americans who express anti-health insurance sentiment. Presumably all 330 million of them.

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dashwallkick.bsky.social•51 days ago

https://www.wired.com/2012/05/avengers-military/
According to this Wired piece, American government didn't know if SHIELD superseded the American government or vice versa, which made propagandizing American authority thorny, so they opted not to finance The Avengers. TWS was the fix by just getting rid of it.

dragoncobolt.bsky.social•51 days ago

that's so fucking funny, everyone already just assumed SHIELD was a part of the American government and called The Avengers propaganda ANYWAY!!!!!

dashwallkick.bsky.social•51 days ago

it's really funny that a niche narrative issue Marvel comics have just bypassed for decades because who cares became such an issue they junked the whole thing.

calderwood.bsky.social•51 days ago

Remember in the 90s when you could just constantly mock the security state? Men in Black, Enemy of the State, etc. The Empire is getting too sensitive in decline.

nerd7132.bsky.social•51 days ago

Thankfully this is a sign of weakness rather than of strength, because if they're so afraid of getting criticized it means they're not secure in their position

dashwallkick.bsky.social•51 days ago

"now do the one about how movies are explicitly written and filmed to appease the Chinese government to have access to their markets😏" welcome the the entire point I was making from the very beginning - every state does propaganda and censorship for itself and you're a fool of you don't think that

patmorais.bsky.social•50 days ago

So you know what you're saying is wrong, they didn't make them dismantle shield, Marvel wouldn't budge on the script and so DOD pulled out of Avengers 1 Yet you repeating these nonsense claims. DoD doesn't sign off on every movie, just those they provide free military materiel. Of which Marvel has 3

terisane.bsky.social•51 days ago

Es every state BUT THE US IS OFF THE CHARTS AND HAS TONS OF orgs in DC to propagandize the hell outta us. I have found many! I wish to hod ppl would wake up and look HERE FIRST! The govt is full of lies

stefansommer.bsky.social•51 days ago

Oh like how they made a different version of Iron Man 3 for the Chinese theatrical release?

True story.

https://screenrant.com/iron-man-3-china-version-different-scenes/

saltyk.bsky.social•51 days ago

It’s pretty damn funny that it ended up making for the single best MCU film in doing so, though.

dashwallkick.bsky.social•51 days ago

Oh 100%, in pursuit of being more appealing to the DOD, they made a fantastic anti establishment movie. Sometimes, to do the right thing, you have to burn down the whole goddamn house.

minghow1.bsky.social•51 days ago

The US Oligarchs are Hydra. Everyone knows that, especially Hydra!

cwlawrence.bsky.social•51 days ago

Like how your article doesn’t support your claim at all and just says they didn’t want to be tied to a bunch of fantasy elements. Do you read the stuff you share?

fleezlow.bsky.social•51 days ago

Do you read the stuff you complain about other people not reading, or do you just assume most people won't read it, so you can look like a big brain boffin?

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