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There is no evidence the show was designed as an advertisement for the DGSE. This is simply a happy side-effect of it being popular... I see a big difference w

There is no evidence the show was designed as an advertisement for the DGSE. This is simply a happy side-effect of it being popular... I see a big difference with using movies as propaganda to influence the planet's opinions. At the same time, one has to be blind to not see that any cinema industry has a political agenda, I mean, just watch the average Netflix production and it is striking.

xcambar 5y ago
> There is no evidence the show was designed as an advertisement for the DGSE. It is for me inconceivable that the DGSE did not think of the outcome before agreeing to be an active collaborator of the show, and act accordingly to it's own benefits.
- b112 5y ago
  I get why you say this, however corps often can't even think of why securing infra, and code, is important. Why then would any other part of society be different? Competence is not a widely spread feature of humanity.
  - xcambar 5y ago
    Intelligence services are not a random subset of humanity, though. As one of us two seem to have a definitive argument, I guess we'll have to stick to our beliefs for now. I'm more curious now to know how much of it all was planned than I was before this conversation started.
    - xcambar 5y ago
      As *none [...]
      - b112 5y ago
        I dunno, I've worked with gov departments here (Canada), and sometimes there is planning, but even so, it seems seldom well thought out. Things get done, but almost in spite of the planning. I certainly wouldn't mind knowing too. (edit: I only get called when planning fails, or things have gone off the rails, now that I think about it, so maybe an unfair opinion.)