(November 11, 2024 at 4:20 am)TheWhiteMarten Wrote: I don't have evidence that the government of California is directly linked to Hollywood and that it influences it decision making; nor do I have evidence that other powers, such as national political parties and even international interests such as corporations and foreign governments, use the massive money they donate to "the media/Hollywood" (for lack of a more specific way of wording it) to influence politics.
It's well documented that the Pentagon works actively with Hollywood to portray the military and US policy in general in a positive light. A movie like Top Gun couldn't get made without active government support, and couldn't get that support without serving as a commercial for the military.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%E...nt_complex
I don't know if this is directly related to what you're talking about here, but there's no doubt that a huge industry like Hollywood, which serves as "soft power" foreign policy, is heavily mixed up with the government.
There are many links and references in the Wikipedia article.
