• 7bicycles [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    It’s amazing to me the general reception to Generation Kill (HBO) was “wow!!! cool army!!!” instead of “good god!?”

    • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      6 months ago

      Yea they were constantly murdering civilians and fucking up basic shit like abandoning their own supplies (including the special magic flag!) and having to ration their food because they abandoned all their MREs in the desert. Not to mention a bunch of friendly fire and other random fuck ups. I don’t know how anyone could watch that series and come to the conclusion “waow the marines are heckin’ based soldiers! Oorah!”

      • ryepunk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        6 months ago

        The hollywood initiative has paid dividends for the military. Consulting on basically every major picture that even wants to shoot a profile shot of a helicopter, with control of the script means that negative portrayals of the military are few and far between. The official podcast of hexbear talked about it citations-needed

        • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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          6 months ago

          Don’t worry, the gaming industry is happy to take over/pile on the propaganda. They even get paid by the arms makers to develop them.