MIT - in fact, any university in the United States - is a valid military target because they are involved in research for the US military. Also, any publicly traded company in the United States is a valid military target because they are inevitably suppliers of goods and services to the US military.
If you don’t want to be a valid target, don’t work for US institutions. The crew on the Death Star doesn’t get spared.
Hollywood used to clown on foreign villains—Hitler, Saddam, Arafat, Gorbachev.
Now? It’s tech bros, corrupt billionaires, racist cops, and the “American Way” itself.
Because the truth is:
there’s no “foreign other” to blame anymore.
We are the baddies.
Incredible piece on how satire’s shifted, from Pizza Man to Naked Gun, from Superman to Statham:
👉 https://thebaffler.com/latest/kneel-before-zod-semley
#FilmCriticism #Satire #Cinema #PizzaMan #NakedGun #WeAreTheBaddies
Let’s be real. This shows we are holding immigrants in concentration camps. https://www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-center-911-emergencies/ @bulwarkonline
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