Friday, May 16, 2014

"Make Mine Freedom" (1948)


Meade makes a brief cameo at 1 min 15 sec; don't skip through.

The theme of "isms" as a problem in American politics is very old now; see for example this old clip from "You Can't Take It With You" (1938).

The admonition of against an ever more powerful State is no less true today.

All of the dated industrial examples (e.g., the auto industry) can be supplanted with more recent examples.

8 comments:

ricpic said...

The ultimate con is painting John Q. Public as a bulwark against utopian snake oil. It's been John Q. Public's appetite for voting himself others' wealth that has landed us in the ditch.

chickelit said...

It's been John Q. Public's appetite for voting himself others' wealth that has landed us in the ditch.

I think you confuse John Q. Public with the drinkers of kool-aide.

chickelit said...

Note the mandibular structure of Dr. Ism...look familiar?

The Dude said...

It's Jonestowns all the way down...

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

John Q. Public looks a little like Joseph McCarthy.

chickelit said...

John Q. Public looks a little like Joseph McCarthy

They all look alike to you?

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Senators? Pretty much.

I'm Full of Soup said...

That was great CL. Loved that even back in 1948, the narrator was warning us about class warfare!