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Finally! I've been saying for years "The largest propaganda machine in the world is Hollywood." People usually just roll their eyes.

• fixermark 9y ago
  The America of "Snow Crash" has as its primary exports software and culture, via Hollywood. It seems to continue to be an apropos prediction.
  • jerrylives 9y ago
    No it's not. Software is not even in the top ten of US exports
    • buttcoinslol 9y ago
      iOS, Android, Facebook, Snapchat, Whatsapp, etc are all software...
      • jerrylives 9y ago
        Okay. So?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exports_of_the_United_...
• jerrylives 9y ago
  Probably because your take is old as fuck and people know, dude. You're not special.
  • fwdpropaganda 9y ago
    No, you're wrong. People don't roll their eyes because "people know". If you think people generally agree with this view you might be out of touch. So in this respect, I am a bit special ;-)
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  • sctb 9y ago
    Could you please stop with the rude, informationless posts? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html