Recent movie viewings
Posted By matt on July 24, 2006
Documentary about the weather underground from the 60's and 70's.
I have no cohesive response, merely a series of points:
(1) They are lucky more of them weren't shot. If I owned a business, and knew that some anti-war protestors were going to be coming around, I'd make sure to be there to keep an eye on the shop. As soon as folks start breaking my windows, I start shooting them. Same with robbing stores and banks and such.
(2) The problem with their idea of revolution is that, even though I would love to see a more constitutionalist/libertarian philosophy take hold, that's not what they're advocating. They're talking about various flavors of Marxism, socialism and communism, which I vehemently oppose (something about the idea of a “greater good” and taking away individual liberty in the name of grand societal ambition just rubs me the wrong way). So, even if I agreed with them about the need for revolution, I would not support their revolution. Personally, I think that in order to be successful, these things can't be too tumultuous – a slow progression towards libertarian ideals will be much more easily accepted than violent overthrow. Additionally, it's playing within the system, which is always a plus.
(3) What amazes me is that most of them are STILL proponents of socialist revolution. While I admire their tenacity, don't they realize that socialism doesn't scale, and is an especially hard sell in this country? The ideal of rugged individualism is still quite well entrenched, especially in large sections of middle America, and runs directly contrary to any type of socialism excepting old-fashioned charity. One might even propose the idea that this ideal is increasing. Witness the spread of concealed carry laws, castle doctrine laws, and the backlash against social welfare programs.
Yeah, I don't get it. If the point is “everyone's life is valuable, even though we're dirt poor and have AIDS”, if I agree with you, can I have the two and a half hours of my life back? Liz's response was that she didn't know how they could make a movie which completely lost the power of the stage production. Like I said, I just don't get it.
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