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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by crate_barre on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:46AM (#29836665)
That ad is the equivalent of showing college applicants a glorified video of a Film Studies major buying a ticket straight to Hollywood after graduation and winning an Oscar for best director.

It’s false advertising at best, predatory at worst. Do you know who are selling a bag of dreams to? Do you care? You’ll take their time, money and lives, and it won’t matter to you in the least, will it?

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by JetAlone on Friday January 07, 2022 @03:51AM (#29836705)
You're right. They need lives and bodies to serve big picture grand strategy agendas, they'll pander to the "excitable gamer" or the "marginalized underdog" alike as soon as they understand which demo to reach out to when, what style to emulate, and what emotional buttons to push.
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