Bill Whittle carefully and precisely leads us from the '20's Institute of Marxism in Frankfort University to the modern glitter of Hollywood, and speaks of Hollywood's change from writing classic tales of good vs. evil, good stories, to what we're witnessing today, stories crafted by "bored, guilt-ridden self-loathing elitists" who've used the power of film media to slime our culture and have help create a nation of dirty socialists who vote for dicks.
Oikophobia -- fear and hatred of one's own culture and people. It has brought down civilizations since there have been civilizations. And now we're infected, too.
Find out how the negativity and self-loathing of modern Hollywood is just a small gear in the machine that brings down entire nations. What can we do about it? Well, we can walk right into the heart of Mordor and destroy the Ring of Power.
Once upon a time, Hollywood made quality product. Bill Whittle, on the '56 SF classic Forbidden Planet, gives us insight into modern Social Democrat's desires to be lead by intellectual elites who have giant brains but absolutely no wisdom...
Now, what can we take from that – aside from a first rate, sci-fi mystery – adventure? Well, Forbidden Planet really is nothing less than a warning against the terrible dangers of intellectual elitism. Morbius is far more intelligent than Captain Adams, but Adams – a man of action – is wise enough to see what Morbius for all his intellect cannot see: that all of the intelligence in the world cannot make up for the inherent defect in human character; that all people, no matter how smart, are ultimately driven by base and selfish desires, and that the reason no one can handle the unlimited power of the Krell technology on the Forbidden Planet is not because no one is smart enough to master it. It is because no one is good enough to master it.
Our intellectual elites do not ever seem to get this message. Like Morbius, they believe that given enough power, they would use it to remake the world into a better place for all people – unaware of the blind spot in their own subconscious. Men are not Gods, and that is why the greater the power, the more it should be dispersed. That is the rare wisdom of our Founding Fathers, of men like George Washington, who, like Morbius was offered kingship of the new world, but who, rather, as a man of action like Adams, was wise enough to see it is a trap.
Giant brains? Really? Without wisdom, a 'giant brain' and a Harvard Law School presidency means absolutely nothing, and having such is proving to be of little use or value to a certain... dick.
Lighten up for Friday! Here, Frank Zappa speaks of Hollywood...
h/t Theo Spark
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