• davel@lemmy.ml
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    18 hours ago

    What’s your favorite film? Starship Troopers? Go back to reddit.stormfront.

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      16 hours ago

      I get what you mean but Starship Troopers is a critique of war and militarized states.

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        15 hours ago

        My sibling in Kristallnacht, a militarized/police state is exactly what this is. This is war turned inward. This is what fascism looks like. This is fascism.

        They’re starting with (mostly non-European) immigrants and trans people, and so on.

        The Independent: Trump State Department official has repeatedly called for mass sterilization of ‘low-IQ trash’

        First they came for the Communists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Communist

        Then they came for the Socialists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Socialist

        Then they came for the trade unionists
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a trade unionist

        Then they came for the Jews
        And I did not speak out
        Because I was not a Jew

        Then they came for me
        And there was no one left
        To speak out for me

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          16 hours ago

          We might be talking about different things. I’m just saying that Starship Troopers is an anti-war film and most of the people who like it are fairly liberal.

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            15 hours ago

            Yes. My point was that the type of people who think it’s reasonable for troops to hide their identities are the same people for whom Verhoeven’s satirical fascism goes over their heads.

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      18 hours ago

      Hell or High Water. Fantastic utilization of visuals combined with smooth and enjoyable music. Love the whole trilogy, but this is my favorite of them.