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Tariff war has already started. Both China and Russian have hit back with their own tariffs against American goods.
My reference to saying you were confused was about your comment that CNBC, Fox and CNN were news. The reason why they are presenting opinion is because they're not news, but political commentary channels. Similar shows used to be only on the radio like The Bob Grant Show, Rush Limbaugh, Lynn Samuels and Matt Drudge to name a few. Now they moved to television and the internet.
Divisiveness always existed but I agree that politicians - especially Trump - and greedy media outlets are taking advantage and fueling it. It doesn't help that critical thinking skills are not taught in this country.
"Not vetted"? Provide a link to your international source.
There are two women. Woman A is stabbed to death. Woman B is raped. By your argument, women B wasn't abused because she's still alive. My argument is that the abuse may not be as extreme, but it's still abuse.
It usually happens that way. That's why people have to fight back from the very start of injustice.
You're confusing news with political commentary. Fox, CNN and CNBC are really political commentary channels - not news.
If you want news, then you can find well-balanced sources with news services such as Reuters, Associated Press and Agence France-Presse. International news sources are good too since you get a different point of view.
"And I think very few people are blind to the faults of Trump."
Yet he has a 88% approval rating among Republicans.
The anti-abortion crowd lost their credibility when they supported placing children in cages after separating them from their parents.
Trump has you seeing a Muslim boogeyman under your bed. Creating fear is one of the ways he manipulates people. Hate is the other. Dictators playbook. Very predictable.
"Most countries do have legalities and hoops that one must go through to live in their country."
Yet it was OK for his present wife to work here illegally.
Palpatine was a dictator.
George Lucas was trying to warn people about how a democracy morphs into a dictatorship like it did in Nazi Germany.
Lucas:
"All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea."
Unfortunately, Trump's supporters don't understand that he isn't doing anything new. He's been following the same playbook that dictators have used throughout history to manipulate people into supporting them and ending democracies. It's ignorant to believe that the U.S. couldn't become a tyranny especially if the public will not defend basic freedoms in the Bill of Rights because a leader speaks out against them.
Padme:
“So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause”
Padme:
“What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we’ve been fighting to destroy?”
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
Benjamin Franklin, “A Republic, if you can keep it.”
The rich are getting a huge tax break that the working and middle classes are paying for. Social democracy is not having the rich exploit the rest of us. American politicians receive millions of dollars from corporations and represent them instead of the voters.
IF you want to learn more about the Nordic Model of government to understand what Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders want to achieve.
4 minute video:
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvREjP9Pi10[/url]
Cuba is communist. I have no idea what NorK Land is. If you mean North Korea, they are communist, but are now referred to as socialist which is probably the new term for communist. Venezuela has become a autocracy or dictatorship.
Democratic socialism and socialism democracy are being used interchangeably in the U.S. even though there's a slight difference. What she wants is basically what countries like Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland have.
No, I was replying to your original post about the premise of the show. I was only repeating what the author said about basing it on America's puritanical past.
Another point that the author made is that everything you see in the show has happened to women. People allow themselves to be manipulated which is why we end up with totalitarian governments like Gilead. The author is only saying it would have a religious slant because of America's puritanical past which still effects present culture.
I didn't want to get into Trump, but he's manipulated people into believing that freedom of the press, freedom of expression and freedom of speech are wrong. He's convinced people that the FBI, CIA and our allies like Canada, England, Germany are bad, but autocrats like Putin, Erdoğan and Kim Jong-un are good. He convinced people that it's OK to take nursing babies and toddlers from their mothers and put them in cages. He's convinced people they shouldn't seek the truth by reading as much as possible but instead limit their news source to only what he approves.
People allow themselves to be manipulated and exploited which is why a Gilead could happen. Many totalitarian governments spring from democracies like Turkey, Hitler's Germany and Venezuela. Never assume it couldn't happen here.
I read a draft of Empire before Kasdan was hired by Lucas. It was mainly written by Lucas and Brackett and already had a lot of good dialogue in it as well as the main plot. I think Kasdan gets way too much credit for it.
"You're alone so I'll call you Solo." Horrible.
I liked the Bodyguard but mainly because of Costner and Houston's performances.
95%+ women in American society are not infertile like they are in Gilead. Are you watching this show at all?
You must live in a cave since you're so unaware of sexism in the workplace and throughout society.
Marxism and Social Democracy are entirely two different things. Marxism is basically communism like your pal's Putin former government the USSR.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders are for Social Democracy which are the governments in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.They have a much higher standard of living then Americans and are full democracies whereas America is a failed democracy according to the Democracy Index Survey. There would still be private industry but with better wages and benefits for workers.
He reminds me of Palpatine.
Kasdan is a hack. Totally overrated. I believe it was totally his stupid idea or dummy Kennedy who doesn't have one original idea and wants to create a standalone about every SW character whether we want to see it or not.
I wish George Lucas would sue for defamation of character each time one of those hacks blame him for the catastrophe that Disney SW has become.
What makes you think I'm a "dude"? Misogyny takes many forms such as being in denial.
Handmaid's Tale is based on America's Puritan history and its present day influence. I think you're missing the point that there's a crisis going on in which couples cannot procreate. Under those extreme circumstances, people are going to find a way to have kids. Society has basically legitimized kidnapping and rape (the only way to still have kids) and cloaked it under the will of God through religion which is what Americans would use because of its Puritanical pass. Justification is needed in order to make something immoral tolerable or accepted. Americans tend to use religion for that purpose.
The rich are the one's with power. They are exploiting the rest of Americans by kidnapping their kids and rapping women. Hmm, rich and powerful exploiting the lower classes. That sounds like reality to me.
You don't need a majority in favor of something to take place. You just need a powerful or influential minority especially if they're in control of the military and communications. Then the majority ends up going along in order to survive and any dissent is dealt with. It happens all the time. It's happening now.
The survey was done long before the metoo movement.
To say other countries are worst; therefore there is no problem in the U.S. defies logic. Denial doesn't make a serious problem go away. The point being that American women do feel unsafe which is why women carry guns, knives, mace or learn martial arts.
Tarkein: "Since you are reluctant to provide us with the location of your rebel base, I have decided to test this battle station's destructive power on your home planet of Alderaan."
Tarkin: "Are you sure the homing beacon is secured aboard their ship?"
Leia: "They're tracking us."
Why would they be tracked if Tarkin hadn't planned to destroy the rebel base? The whole reason for her being tortured was to find out where it was in order to destroy it using the Death Star.
I have a few problems with the youtube video. He doesn't appear to know that:
It's normal for all directors to shoot much more footage than they ever use.
The creative process is repeatedly reworked until a finish product is created.
Lucas was involved in the decision-making and hired everyone.
Lucas was involved in the editing also. Like I wrote earlier, he fired one editor who wouldn't follow his ideas re: editing. He liked his wife's ideas regarding creating an emotional impact so he had her handle those scenes.
It's obvious that Lucas is a control freak so nothing was done re: the movie without his agreement.
The youtube guy wants to put a spin on the editing by giving Marcia Lucas all of the credit and George L. and the other two editors none of it. Collaborative effort, but still mainly director & creator G.L. vision.
BTW, T.M. Christopher was the editor for the specialized versions which the youtube guy doesn't mention.