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jdbolick t1_ja9mx26 wrote
Reply to comment by lightsongtheold in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
Amazon Studios is listed as a producer, not just a distributor. I don't know why you're so desperate to pretend that Amazon had limited involvement, but you're flat out wrong.
jdbolick t1_ja9d861 wrote
Reply to comment by lightsongtheold in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
There is no evidence to support that claim.
jdbolick t1_ja95vz8 wrote
Reply to comment by lightsongtheold in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
It was a joint production between the BBC and Amazon. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_English_(TV_series)
jdbolick t1_ja7q3wt wrote
Reply to comment by mickeyflinn in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
The English is really good. Chaske Spencer nailed it.
jdbolick t1_j52xe06 wrote
Reply to comment by Doggleganger in Cowboys-49ers rivalry set for record-tying 9th playoff game by TexOliver93
They're also extremely intelligent. Build and arm strength get all the combine attention, but reading defenses is what makes a great quarterback.
jdbolick t1_j3njwh0 wrote
Reply to comment by blindexhibitionist in [Adam Schefter] Sources: The Arizona Cardinals fired head coach Kliff Kingsbury, who 10 months ago signed a contract extension through the 2027 season. The Cardinals still never have had a head coach - any head coach - last longer than six years while the team has existed for over 100 years. by B0rtles
Remember that Kingsbury had a losing record as a collegiate head coach. His appointment by the Cardinals was widely scorned.
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jdbolick t1_j2ozb2g wrote
Reply to comment by Ray_Pingeau in Brazilians to bid final farewell to Pelé with 24-hour wake and coffin procession by ladyem8
Muhammad Ali, but Pelé is certainly near the top.
jdbolick t1_j2lgwfy wrote
Reply to comment by jonsterz123 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
> The guy was saying that US propaganda is widespread and promotes US interventionist foreign policy for the benefit of US corporations, is that part nonsense or do you mean something else is nonsense?
I already explained this, so either you have spectacularly poor reading comprehension or you are pretending not to understand because you don't want to acknowledge my point.
He said: "Russian and Chinese propaganda is mainly aimed at keeping their own populations compliant, US propaganda is aimed at convincing the western world (and their own populations) that US imperialism is acceptable, and all of those dead foreigners is just the price the world needs to pay to allow US corporations to rule the globe."
The claim that Russian propaganda is mainly inward is clearly false, as Russia has engaged in sweeping measures throughout social media to promote foreign candidates (e.g. Trump) and causes (e.g. Brexit) that benefit Russian interests. Meanwhile, the U.S. is not even imperialist, much less using propaganda to justify imperialism. U.S. media coverage of military involvements has been mostly negative, spurring significant public resistance against them.
> You think US interventionist policy is justified because other countries are fucked up and need fixing.
I'm saying that Saddam Hussein and the Taliban are extremely different from Zelensky and the Dalai Lama.
> US interventions are ultimately for the benefit for the US
Again, the majority of Iraqi oil post-war has gone to China, not the United States. The U.S. could have easily just taken those resources and did not. Giving the Iraqi government that autonomy doesn't undo the civilians who died as a result of the invasion, but it does prove you wrong regarding the motives behind the invasion.
> You can't let your own population think you're the bad guy.
Yet the U.S. media is relentlessly negative toward U.S. actions abroad, and no one complains more about America than a certain section of Americans.
jdbolick t1_j2lanvq wrote
Reply to comment by jonsterz123 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
> Your points don't provide evidence for why you think that the existence of wide-reaching US propaganda that promotes US interventionist foreign policy is just Russian propaganda.
They wouldn't because I never said that. I pointed out that Russian propaganda on social media has influenced lesser minds into believing that the U.S. is "just as bad" as Russia when the facts conclusively show otherwise.
> you are being propagandised into legitimising US military interventions.
Pointing out the fact that the United States has never once militarily invaded a democracy is not propaganda, it is important context regarding the nature of its military interventions. Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator and the Taliban are a heinously repressive regime. Taking military action against them is in no way equivalent to Russia invading Ukraine or China invading Tibet.
> Also, is Iraqi oil not a resource?
Yes, and the majority of post-war Iraqi oil contracts went to China. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html
jdbolick t1_j2l5yd3 wrote
Reply to comment by jonsterz123 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
I never claimed that the United States behaved in an entirely benevolent manner, as the CIA has been involved in long list of nefarious behavior. But it is a fact that the U.S. military has never invaded a democracy, unlike Russia. It is a fact that the U.S. did not seize Iraq's resources when it very easily could have, unlike Russia and China. It is also a fact that the U.S. provides the most humanitarian aid to other nations by an enormous amount annually.
jdbolick t1_j2kwjdu wrote
Reply to comment by fitzroy95 in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
Your comment is proof regarding the effectiveness of Russian propaganda since most of what you're saying is nonsense.
The United States military has never invaded a democracy. Even in nations it did invade, such as Iraq, natural resources were not seized. The majority of post-war Iraqi contracts went to Chinese companies. India ranked second, then U.S. companies were a distant third.
The U.S. also supplies more humanitarian aid annually than the next four nations combined.
jdbolick t1_j0e5z4x wrote
Reply to comment by Gen-Jinjur in Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will take charge of the #FIFAWorldcup final by No_Arachnid6406
Ed Hochuli makes this guy look small.
jdbolick t1_iwiszrk wrote
Reply to comment by WickedYetiOfTheWest in Iran football legend Daei will not attend World Cup amid protests by sirbarani
Absolutely, but there has been a staggering level of denial from those groups regarding the nature and threat of the Iranian government. Reddit is complicit as well, as it has been infected with pro-Iranian propaganda for years.
The Iranian people themselves are young and progressive, so when the day finally comes that they get self-determination, I have very high hopes for Iran going from one of the worst regimes on the planet to one of the best influences in the region.
jdbolick t1_jacdt78 wrote
Reply to comment by mickeyflinn in “ Prime Video's The Consultant Is a Little Weird, a Little Unsettling, and Mostly Mediocre.” by Hidethegoodbiscuits
Calling it "dull" was a mistake because it tells everyone who did watch it that you never did, which is a really weird thing for you to lie about.