Ooga Booga Time

by Paul Jacob, Contributing Author: Two tribes —

On the left, nosotros run into both iconoclasm (razing of Confederate memorial statuary) too a fixation on surface pregnant (defending the actions of antifa past times fixating on its name: “it only agency ‘anti-fascism’!).

On the right, rallying around the flag too MAGA hats has reached fever heat.

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In other words: tribalism.

Consider the upcoming film virtually Neil Armstrong, the commencement human being on the Moon. The makers of this film accept made a indicate of non depicting the raising of the Stars too Stripes higher upward the dust of Mare Tranquillitatis.

Why? Because, says the Canadian thespian who plays the run of astronaut Armstrong, the filmmakers wished to present “Armstrong’s success every bit a ‘human achievement’ rather than a patriotic American victory.”

But it was, factually, really much a Cold War victory.

What the filmmakers are doing is rewriting history to adapt to their cosmopolitan, internationalist tribal mindset.*

Nothing new, of course of educational activity — Hollywood has been a propaganda factory for a really long time. Once it aligned itself alongside Washington, D.C. Not whatever more.

Now, apparently, fifty-fifty depicting a key chip of traditional American symbolism inwards the history beingness filmed is too thence stylistically, ceremonially offensive that actors too directors too cinematographers avert . . . our eyes.

“One affair is needful,” philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote. “To add together way to one’s character.” Maybe. But when it comes to politics what nosotros require — inwards Hollywood too Washington too Anytown, USA — is less attending to symbolism. To style.

And to a greater extent than on substance. And truth.

This is Common Sense. I’m Paul Jacob.
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Paul Jacob is writer of Common Sense which provides daily commentary virtually the issues impacting America too virtually the citizens who are doing something virtually them. He is besides President of the Liberty Initiative Fund (LIFe) every bit good every bit Citizens inwards Charge Foundation. Jacob is a contributing writer on the .

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