Monday, November 13, 2017
Commercial tyranny
I was pushing to get a clump of courseware modules done, so didn't write much here in the last week. Now the clump is finished, so I can relax for a while.
Thinking about degrees of tyranny. Back in the '50s and '60s, Deepstate was anti-Russian just as it is now. Deepstate defined both Korea and Vietnam as wars against Russia, when the plain non-secret facts showed that both were wars against China. CIA was using art and architecture and religion and music to SMASH our culture, and always found ways to blame the Soviets for its own genocide.
BUT there was a major difference between then and now. In the '50s and '60s alternate opinions were not only permissible but salable.
Example 1: the 1965 movie 'The Russians Are Coming' * 2. It was a regular mainstream Hollywood production, and it was distributed to normal theaters where it made a profit.
Why is this notable? Because TRAC*2 was a moderately pro-Russian movie. It showed Russians in a sympathetic light.
Example 2: I've been reading the Aberree intensively for the last few months. It was published from 1954 to 1964. Alphia Hart constantly questioned most orthodoxies, including the Cold War. When government tyrants from USDA and FDA bumped into him directly, he got highly specific. He named names and 'leaked' conversations with the investigating agents.
He continued publishing and continued making money from the publication. Never got arrested by the gov't. The Post Office didn't ban him, and didn't even demonetize him by charging extra to send the Aberree.
Neither of those alternative opinions would be allowed to make money now. It's still possible (as of this picosecond, anyway...) to write alternative opinions, but mainstream distribution and money-making are absolutely prohibited.
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** Oops... I just noticed that LOTS OF OTHERS have been focusing on the 1965 TRAC*2 movie as a meme! Oh well. Doesn't matter if I'm first, it's still a great contrast.
Thinking about degrees of tyranny. Back in the '50s and '60s, Deepstate was anti-Russian just as it is now. Deepstate defined both Korea and Vietnam as wars against Russia, when the plain non-secret facts showed that both were wars against China. CIA was using art and architecture and religion and music to SMASH our culture, and always found ways to blame the Soviets for its own genocide.
BUT there was a major difference between then and now. In the '50s and '60s alternate opinions were not only permissible but salable.
Example 1: the 1965 movie 'The Russians Are Coming' * 2. It was a regular mainstream Hollywood production, and it was distributed to normal theaters where it made a profit.
Why is this notable? Because TRAC*2 was a moderately pro-Russian movie. It showed Russians in a sympathetic light.
Example 2: I've been reading the Aberree intensively for the last few months. It was published from 1954 to 1964. Alphia Hart constantly questioned most orthodoxies, including the Cold War. When government tyrants from USDA and FDA bumped into him directly, he got highly specific. He named names and 'leaked' conversations with the investigating agents.
He continued publishing and continued making money from the publication. Never got arrested by the gov't. The Post Office didn't ban him, and didn't even demonetize him by charging extra to send the Aberree.
Neither of those alternative opinions would be allowed to make money now. It's still possible (as of this picosecond, anyway...) to write alternative opinions, but mainstream distribution and money-making are absolutely prohibited.
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** Oops... I just noticed that LOTS OF OTHERS have been focusing on the 1965 TRAC*2 movie as a meme! Oh well. Doesn't matter if I'm first, it's still a great contrast.Labels: Aberree, switchover
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