I, thought, the monsters in They Live were aliens, but I think they’re a metaphor for the parasitic wealth class.
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Isn't this an ad from a country that has the most cameras on the street watching people and tracking their movements m
lol yeah, although not sure if UK or the US have more cameras at this point
The UK by density for sure, but total would be America
Yeah the massive amounts of land that have no towns or even houses in the western half of the USA throws the density curve pretty dramatically. Makes it seem like the USA isn't the surveillance state it really is, while making other smaller (land wise) surveillance states seem worse. With the density looking less problematic, it really lets the frog that is the American populace not notice the water getting closer to boiling.
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yeah that sounds about right
I'd be surprised if the Flock plague didn't tip the scales in favor of the US
it's definitely a tight race here
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It's still boggles my mind that the foundation of the Kardashian/Jenner business empire is a (probably intentionally) leaked sex tape.
Same here. Such a weird level of social "power" given to them without actual reason. At least the old capitalist families actually had functionally important capital control with oil, land, industrial production. The Kardashian/Jenner families are just famous and rich for being famous and rich. And they (and many others like them) have inspired so many people to aspire to get famous and rich via clout chasing instead of anything else. Becoming a plague of thinking they are smart about stuff just because of their follower count.
it tells you where humanity is at rn.
Yeah for sure.
Wait fr? That's crazy
I never understood why they were popular at all
Kylie Jenner ads at bus stops for google glass are some sci fi dystopia shit on their own. They Live was exactly about this.
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"They Live" will remain relevant until capitalism is dead and buried.
I love they live
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man i know some people with schizophrenia that would lose it after seeing that
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/c/subvertising
Anyone remember 'culture jamming'?
is that when bacteria researchers play Bob Marley tracks in the lab
We're jammin in the name of pee-tree
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ABAB
Busses? Bitches?
… oh probably billionaires
All busses are bitches.
Assigned baby at birth
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