Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into effective propaganda

Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by pdimitar on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:40AM (#29837094)

I hope this doesn't come as a surprise to anyone. At least for a lot of people outside the USA it was super obvious that the mainstream movies in the cinema are painting an overly optimistic picture of the US.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by UweSchmidt on Friday January 07, 2022 @05:30AM (#29837474)

Propaganda probably still works even if you're aware what's going on.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by pdimitar on Friday January 07, 2022 @05:35AM (#29837495)

Definitely not on me but I know people for whom that applies, yeah.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by UweSchmidt on Friday January 07, 2022 @06:42AM (#29837942)

I'm changing that to: Propaganda works and there is little defense.

Pictures, voices, narratives, emotions directly create memories; connections between neurons are created or strenghtened - you can switch on your "anti virus" but the machine is hacked on the "hardware" level.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by pdimitar on Friday January 07, 2022 @06:45AM (#29837964)

I agree. Our instinctive reaction is to believe all the subliminal messaging. And we have to actively and consciously resist believing it, and to undo the wrong beliefs.

But it also helps a lot to periodically read how yet another US teacher is living in their car. After a while it becomes an instinct NOT to believe the propaganda that tells you otherwise.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by some-username on Friday January 07, 2022 @08:59AM (#29839142)

I was not surprised that it happens, but I was quite astonished about the extent of it.

Also it's nice to have proof and insight.

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Re:Pentagon and CIA shaped thousands of Hollywood movies int... by d23 on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:08AM (#29839947)

What proof and insight did this article give you? As far as I can tell, the movie this article is referring to hasn't come out yet.

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