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Post by Lisa on Nov 27, 2013 23:36:05 GMT -5
I came across this group through John Green's twitter and had some LG15/OpAphid flashbacks. www.facebook.com/thehpalliance?c=upworthyTheir Mission: Our mission is to empower our members to act like the heroes that they love by acting for a better world. By bringing together fans of blockbuster books, TV shows, movies, and YouTube celebrities we are harnessing the power of popular culture toward making our world a better place. Our goal is to make civic engagement exciting by channeling the entertainment-saturated facets of our culture toward mobilization for deep and lasting social change. I find it sort of comical and idealistic, but at the same time I also find myself drawn to their cause too. The social and political messages of our texts in popular culture really don't get enough attention through our media.
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Post by Mathieas on Nov 29, 2013 19:29:44 GMT -5
I agree for instance the central message of The Hunger Games, government is corrupt and a well armed population is necessary to defend liberty is that should be embraced by more people.
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Post by Milowent on Nov 30, 2013 11:13:21 GMT -5
there are many messages in the hunger games, though their execution is awkward. however, the evils of income inequality as a corrupting force in society seem to be a bigger theme.
i assume you are trying to troll us a bit, but there is simply no way most of the districts could rebel against the government themselves, no matter how many personal arms they had. in fact, there is evidence that the series proves that the 2nd amendment is NOT able to prevent the rise of a totalitarian government in a modern age. district 13(?) is only able to lead a rebellion because it has nuclear power -- more military might than any individual or other district could have possibly mustered. district 12 by itself gets annihilated; it had no chance.
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Post by Mathieas on Dec 1, 2013 23:34:29 GMT -5
But Milo you will recall that Katniss had to keep her bow hidden because it was outlawed. Once she started packin' she starting a revolution. Also, no nuclear weapons were used. If anything the movie shows how important gun ownership is, because only after all the weapons were taken away did the Capitol gain power.
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