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They're Just Movies

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The Movie Bubble Justifies the Killing of Children

I think there's like maybe a in movie meta message about how like the, the, the value, the world of values in which you place yourself totally recontextualizes the violence. And I think that like the movie creates that world of values where the violence is totally acceptable. The same way that for the Nazis, the values they hold contextualize their violence or their actions be praiseworthy. Well, okay. Like I killed 300 guys in three days. You're a hero because we're Nazis and we believe that.

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