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The problem with "Brick In The Wall"...
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RE: The problem with "Brick In The Wall"...
(October 1, 2019 at 1:08 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Context is key. At the time there was a wall, dividing... europe and teachers both sides taught that the other side was 'evil'. School is about teaching stuff that you can use to survive without the need to reinvent the wheel, not a politic venue.

What's next, born in the USA is anti patriotic?

Of course it is. Not taking care of veterans is unpatriotic.

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RE: The problem with "Brick In The Wall"...
(September 30, 2019 at 5:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: But if the intent was to rail against blind authoritarianism, I get that, but somehow I can see too many listening to that song and jumping to anarchy.

Just watch Black Mirror and then look at how many of the fucked up future innovations that are pretty clearly treated as bad things in-universe are being implemented in reality.

I call it Brooker's Law: "There is no idea so horrible or boneheaded that it cannot gain a significant audience willing to make it reality. Especially if it’s both."

The depressing thing is that this major flaw in human nature was pointed out by, of all things, Plan 9 from Outer Space (split in two because having the scene in one video would make sense, especially given that the film is PD)








People can latch onto ideas even when they're attached to horrible consequences, (and the ideas in Black Mirror are a hell of a lot more plausible than the Solaranite).
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RE: The problem with "Brick In The Wall"...
(October 1, 2019 at 6:32 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote:
(September 30, 2019 at 5:45 pm)Brian37 Wrote: But if the intent was to rail against blind authoritarianism, I get that, but somehow I can see too many listening to that song and jumping to anarchy.

Just watch Black Mirror and then look at how many of the fucked up future innovations that are pretty clearly treated as bad things in-universe are being implemented in reality.

I call it Brooker's Law: "There is no idea so horrible or boneheaded that it cannot gain a significant audience willing to make it reality. Especially if it’s both."

Religion, for example.
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