• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      It wasn’t meant to be a prediction though. It was meant to be incredibly broad satire. I mean the last line of the movie is- “This was the story of Howard Beale: The first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”

      And honestly, if Fox could have just taken Tucker out with a .22 to the back of the head, they would have totally done that.

      We’re living in a comedy.

      • Meowoem@sh.itjust.works
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        10 months ago

        Yeah it’s the same as 1984 and so many others, it’s about the human condition and natural propensites.

        The truth is things haven’t really got much worse, I happen to enjoy Victorian newspapers and it’s all the same nonsence and lies. People will always find a new way to lie and a new excuse to pretend to believe.