Re: Lego's for socialism
A concerted propaganda effort underway in America has created a "cultural attitude" in which people believe "government is good and business is bad," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told a local reporter...
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Corporatists like Sen. Johnson believe that anything that portrays anything business related in a remotely negative light is "socialism". The fact that it is contained within a family friendly movie...
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What he doesn't realize is that Lego put it's corporate name on the film and it was one big advertisement for their products, and the advertising campaign worked. Do you know how many "Lego Movie" toy...
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It is ironic he used a movie made by a corporation using the trademarked name with the permission of another corporation is what Ron uses as an example of how "they" hate corporations.
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I would have gone with "Tex Richman" from the 2011 Muppets film for an example of the evil-hearted businessman in recent movies...but either character fits the trope. Yes, the "Business" character in...
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Yes he is entirely wrong that the Lego movie was simply propaganda by "them" to make business out to be heartless intent on destroying the world for profit. While there may be a thread of truth in how...
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One could argue that movies like "The Lego Movie" are more criticisms of unfettered corporatism, if anything. That isn't the same as attacking "business" or "capitalism."
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I had a sociology professor at Oshkosh that argued just the opposite. He was a major socialist, not to mention a loon, and argued that "they" did movies like Rambo as a way to show collective efforts...
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