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If an alien civilization were to visit Earth, what movie would you pick to show them in order to give them a summary of what mankind is all about? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The depressing thing about that movie is that in some ways it was exaggerated like satire usually is, but in others they actually toned down the stupidity.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The premise is exaggerated, but the actions are clearly better than were handling things in real life.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago

    The premise is exaggerated, and I'm not sure I buy that silicon valley is that influential, prepared or even reckless. However, the president in it is not nearly as out there as the real one she's based on, and the scene near near the end where someone looks up and the mob turns on her was damn near immersion-breaking.

    In real life, they would have at best dissipated and tried to pretend they were never there, or at worst beat up the guy that saw it because it's a trick and he must be in on it. Mobs are not capable of humility of any kind, and cease to exist the moment it's forced on them; that's like mob psychology 101.

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