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Sean Valdrow's avatar

"This is how the delusionally enlightened think, and that spectacular disconnect from real life is why everything they produce is unwatchable, unreadable and unlistenable dogshit."

Whoa, now. That's being a little rough on dogshit, pal! Dogshit has some virtues....it feeds maggots to make flies, degrades into fine fertilizer, and is highly entertaining when your friend finds he's stepped in it. Let's give dogshit its due.

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Neoliberal Feudalism's avatar

The Star Wars IP has been eviscerated by its promotion of The Message, but Disney executives don't care and keep doubling down on it even though their audience hates it and it hurts their brand. The question is: why do they do it anyway? Personally I think it's because the establishment promises Disney a piece of the unlimited Federal Reserve printed loldollars in return for pushing The Message, which they get through investments by Blackrock, and they also receive favorable legislation, media attention, and tax treatment, which would all be taken away if they resisted. In other words, their customer is no longer their audience but rather the owners of the Federal Reserve - a silent switch. Why worry about profits when the Federal Reserve will just print money and shove it at them? (This isn't a problem only related to Disney, of course, but to all multi-national corporations today).

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