It`s a Wonderful Life. commie propaganda

[Vandalshandle]

I owe my diabetes to watching "It's a Wonderful Life"....

 

[Unkotare]

It's a Wonderful Life is a story of sacrifice. Giving up your dreams for the well being of others.

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No it’s not.

 

[Unkotare]

America isn't about anything more than the dollar. It has never been about unity or helping each other. Get over it. Take off the red white and blue blinders.

What country do you live in?

 

[rightwinger]

It's a Wonderful Life is a story of sacrifice. Giving up your dreams for the well being of others.

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No it’s not.

Wrong

 

[Unkotare]

It's a Wonderful Life is a story of sacrifice. Giving up your dreams for the well being of others.

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No it’s not.

Wrong

Yes, you were wrong.

 

[JoeB131]

I would argue the opposite. Hollywood celebrates a lot of Capitalism and greed.

That's just the hyocrisy.

No, actually, the thing is, whenever a conservative whines that Hollywood is "liberal", they aren't whining about how they are promoting socialism over capitalism. Because they don't. Businessmen are just as likely to be heroes as the villain in a movie.

They are whining about how they promote sex and immorality, etc. You know, stuff that Conservatives claim they are against when they aren't engaging it in it secret.

The ironic thing is, Hollywood has really tapped down on that, too. The amount of sex in movies has declined quite a lot. When was the last time you saw a major actress topless? Or a really good sex scene.

Why? Because the MPAA would slap that movie with an R rating, or even an NC17 rating, and that would have no commercial value.

 

[JoeB131]

They fail to point out that those who invested in the Bailey Bros Building and Loan did so by choice. Hardly communistic.
Lefties, Dems and Sanders followers aim to do it by gov coercion.

Okay, let's look at that. Bailey B&L invested in working people. While Old Man Potter was happy to have them live in slums he owned, charging them rent, Bailey invested in working folks helping them buy houses, which in turn elevated the community.

It's why the sequence of "Pottersville" where the town is a slum where servicemen go to get drunk and laid is so jarring compared to the community Bailey helped build.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The thing about the paradox of Hollywood’s Millionaire Marxist is that it is capitalism for them but they want the Middle Class Taxpayers to pull the welfare wagon.
It’s the same thing with corrupt Democrat Politicians who become multi-millionaires while “serving the public”.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

"It's a Wonderful Life" is about the value of a person's existence.

 

[rightwinger]

I would argue the opposite. Hollywood celebrates a lot of Capitalism and greed.

That's just the hyocrisy.

No, actually, the thing is, whenever a conservative whines that Hollywood is "liberal", they aren't whining about how they are promoting socialism over capitalism. Because they don't. Businessmen are just as likely to be heroes as the villain in a movie.

They are whining about how they promote sex and immorality, etc. You know, stuff that Conservatives claim they are against when they aren't engaging it in it secret.

The ironic thing is, Hollywood has really tapped down on that, too. The amount of sex in movies has declined quite a lot. When was the last time you saw a major actress topless? Or a really good sex scene.

Why? Because the MPAA would slap that movie with an R rating, or even an NC17 rating, and that would have no commercial value.

It's a Wonderful Life is not anti-business just anti- corporate greed

Sam Wainright is seen as a successful businessman (drives a Duesenberg) but is also concerned with the community

Potter is just evil and manipulative

 

[JoeB131]

The thing about the paradox of Hollywood’s Millionaire Marxist is that it is capitalism for them but they want the Middle Class Taxpayers to pull the welfare wagon.
It’s the same thing with corrupt Democrat Politicians who become multi-millionaires while “serving the public”.

Okay, let's look at that.

If the only tax burden I was paying was for social welfare programs, my tax bill would be pretty small. We spend far more on corporate welfare, a bloated military budget and middle class entitlements for white people. Except no one really questions those things, not even Republicans.

The thing is, those Hollywood Millionaires are probably paying more taxes than the Corporate Millionaires because they don't have an army of accountants figuring out ways to avoid paying taxes nor are they lobbying congress to not pay it.

 

[JoeB131]

It's a Wonderful Life is not anti-business just anti- corporate greed

Sam Wainright is seen as a successful businessman (drives a Duesenberg) but is also concerned with the community

Potter is just evil and manipulative

I think Potter is a bitter old man. Confined to a wheelchair, nobody cares about him, most people hate him. So in many ways, he's a great foil to George, who is beloved by the community.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

The thing about the paradox of Hollywood’s Millionaire Marxist is that it is capitalism for them but they want the Middle Class Taxpayers to pull the welfare wagon.
It’s the same thing with corrupt Democrat Politicians who become multi-millionaires while “serving the public”.

Okay, let's look at that.

If the only tax burden I was paying was for social welfare programs, my tax bill would be pretty small. We spend far more on corporate welfare, a bloated military budget and middle class entitlements for white people. Except no one really questions those things, not even Republicans.

The thing is, those Hollywood Millionaires are probably paying more taxes than the Corporate Millionaires because they don't have an army of accountants figuring out ways to avoid paying taxes nor are they lobbying congress to not pay it.

lol do you actually believe that Hollywood Millionaires don't hide their income?

 

[JoeB131]

lol do you actually believe that Hollywood Millionaires don't hide their income?

I don't think they are as adept at it as the Corporate slugs are, no.

They don't have armies of guys in Washington fighting for new tax loopholes every year.

 

[rightwinger]

The thing about the paradox of Hollywood’s Millionaire Marxist is that it is capitalism for them but they want the Middle Class Taxpayers to pull the welfare wagon.
It’s the same thing with corrupt Democrat Politicians who become multi-millionaires while “serving the public”.

Okay, let's look at that.

If the only tax burden I was paying was for social welfare programs, my tax bill would be pretty small. We spend far more on corporate welfare, a bloated military budget and middle class entitlements for white people. Except no one really questions those things, not even Republicans.

The thing is, those Hollywood Millionaires are probably paying more taxes than the Corporate Millionaires because they don't have an army of accountants figuring out ways to avoid paying taxes nor are they lobbying congress to not pay it.

lol do you actually believe that Hollywood Millionaires don't hide their income?

The tax code is not written to favor Hollywood millionaires

 

[Vandalshandle]

The thing about the paradox of Hollywood’s Millionaire Marxist is that it is capitalism for them but they want the Middle Class Taxpayers to pull the welfare wagon.
It’s the same thing with corrupt Democrat Politicians who become multi-millionaires while “serving the public”.

Okay, let's look at that.

If the only tax burden I was paying was for social welfare programs, my tax bill would be pretty small. We spend far more on corporate welfare, a bloated military budget and middle class entitlements for white people. Except no one really questions those things, not even Republicans.

The thing is, those Hollywood Millionaires are probably paying more taxes than the Corporate Millionaires because they don't have an army of accountants figuring out ways to avoid paying taxes nor are they lobbying congress to not pay it.

lol do you actually believe that Hollywood Millionaires don't hide their income?

The tax code is not written to favor Hollywood millionaires

If it were, you could bet that Jack Nicholson would have a depletion allowance for his disappearing chin:

 

[Nosmo King]

It's a Wonderful Life is a story of sacrifice. Giving up your dreams for the well being of others.

Mr Potter represents pure greed

It's a Wonderful Life is the American version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.

Both involve ghosts. Both show the value of a life well lived. Both provide redemption. Both show the value of community. Both have greed at the core and both show the virtue of charity. And neither promote a political ideology.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

I would argue the opposite. Hollywood celebrates a lot of Capitalism and greed.

That's just the hyocrisy.

No, actually, the thing is, whenever a conservative whines that Hollywood is "liberal", they aren't whining about how they are promoting socialism over capitalism. Because they don't. Businessmen are just as likely to be heroes as the villain in a movie.

They are whining about how they promote sex and immorality, etc. You know, stuff that Conservatives claim they are against when they aren't engaging it in it secret.

The ironic thing is, Hollywood has really tapped down on that, too. The amount of sex in movies has declined quite a lot. When was the last time you saw a major actress topless? Or a really good sex scene.

Why? Because the MPAA would slap that movie with an R rating, or even an NC17 rating, and that would have no commercial value.

Hollywood makes movies whining about race, sexism, global warming, fracking, etc., while capitalizing on it all and living lives immune to their own complaints. That's the hypocrisy.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

They fail to point out that those who invested in the Bailey Bros Building and Loan did so by choice. Hardly communistic.
Lefties, Dems and Sanders followers aim to do it by gov coercion.

Okay, let's look at that. Bailey B&L invested in working people. While Old Man Potter was happy to have them live in slums he owned, charging them rent, Bailey invested in working folks helping them buy houses, which in turn elevated the community.

It's why the sequence of "Pottersville" where the town is a slum where servicemen go to get drunk and laid is so jarring compared to the community Bailey helped build.

And none of what you referred to involved gov coercion devoid of choice.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Conservatives look for a movie that represents them. They pine for a film called "It's A Miserable Life".