Bro thinks Startship Troopers is actual army propaganda.
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The book was so on point people still argue if it was pro or anti fascism.
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The cop dramas are often like modern fantasy to me. There's different classes and quests. It doesn't reflect real life.
We're more aware of it now. Cop shows have always been about cops willing to break the rules, and they are made the heroes. This gave a whole generation an excuse to look at dirty cops as heroes doing what they needed to do
Everything is propaganda if it changes your view of something
Pretty much spot on, though that is the exact point of these kinds of shows.
It was part of a wave of shows launched to counter the media perception of incompetence in law enforcement/prosecution. They pushed a bunch of dangerously misleading (or even outright fake) claims such as the reliability and accuracy of forensic evidence which has been later used in actual court cases to imprison innocent people.
As always, Citations needed has done a brilliant job on this kind of stuff that's worth a listen.
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