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There's a war out there, old friend, a world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information: ...what we see and he
by uptown 4y ago
There's a war out there, old friend, a world war.
And it's not about who's got the most bullets.
It's about who controls the information:
...what we see and hear, how we work, what we think.
It's all about the information.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk0Mzci2Sks
- loxias 4y agoYou beat me to it. :D Simply one of the greatest films of all time. "Listen, when I was in prison I learned that everything in this world, including money, operates not on reality, but the perception of reality." "Stock market? Currency market? Commodities market? Small countries?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LJJB7dVTU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09LJJB7dVTU I know he's the "bad guy" but I suspect I (many of us?) have been subconsciously channeling Cosmo since I saw the movie as an impressionable kid.
- benatkin 4y agoIndeed that would be very prescient this time last year. Now there is a specific war with ammunition though.
- AdamJacobMuller 4y agoI literally started in this industry because of that movie (I was 8 in 1992) and similar like Hackers / War Games. Amazing movie in so many ways.
- aierou 4y agoNewspaper— wait, radio— wait, tv— wait, social media is going to control the world.
- loxias 4y agonewspaper: media radio: media tv: media facebook: media All prior guesses have always been right, but information control changes name and shape every few decades. :) Reminds me of the transformation of the character Media to New Media in the TV show American Gods.
- VonGuard 4y agoUptown Oakland is where the Sneakers' headquarters was located. Second floor of the Fox Theater.
- mistrial9 4y agogreat view on the top of the roof btw - climb the ladder thing
- lost_tourist 4y agoSneakers (1992) if you don't want to click on links
- AdamJacobMuller 4y agoBut you really should click on it, then go watch the whole movie :D
- mhh__ 4y agoWhen has war ever not been about information at least in part...