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Why Corporations Abandoned Profits for Propaganda

How the Sharing Economy Is Creating a World of Forced Conformity

Aug 22, 2024
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The cinematic apocalypse has finally arrived, and the self-proclaimed film aficionados on Youtube are left scratching their heads, bewildered by the demise of the movie theater industry. They gather around the digital campfire, swapping half-baked theories and simplistic economic platitudes, desperate to explain their latest box office flops.

As they rummage through their mental Rolodex of excuses, they inevitably land on the COVID-19 pandemic, positing that it somehow conditioned audiences to prefer the comfort of streaming services. They also bemoan the frustrations of the theater-going experience, citing the inconsiderate chatterboxes who dare to disrupt their cinematic reverie.

But, of course, these are just symptoms of a far more insidious disease. The real elephant in the room, the one they dare not speak its name, is the culture war.

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It's almost as if they're willfully oblivious to the fact that the movie industry has been hijacked by ideologues peddling a toxic brand of identity politics, churning out soulless, agenda-driven drivel that insults the intelligence of audiences worldwide.

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