Nothing new under the sun.

1942 Dir. George Cukor

The writer who adapted this screenplay from the novel was later blacklisted from Hollywood in 1950 during the second red scare. You cannot make this shit up.

Reasonable request…..

Frank Sinatra The House I live in

Well, over a Century ago British philosopher Bertrand Russell wrote what is below. Battles we thought were won long ago have to be refought.

@Mamabenergy2 In the late 1930’s, during McCarthy’s Red Scare- Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Clark Gable and “America’s sweetheart” Shirley Temple were amongst a group of US citizens who were labeled as communists. To this day, actors are vilified by the right, labeling them Marxist & communists

Just one way to pit people against each other.

It’s been done before and the framework is being used for Stephen Miller’s anti-immigrant, white nationalist project.

I. A. R. Wylie, likely gay, who wrote about disinformation and espionage in other works, i.e. Towards Morning and Undefeated.

Donald Ogden Stewart Blacklisted and had to flee the United States for Writing this film

We are living in the colorized version of this movie.

@redarizona03 Public schools used to teach this stuff. Those were the days. Current Gov goal is demolishing Dept of Ed&Revisioning our history in real time.

There were still wounds of the truth worn by most families then. First hand accounts. They've tried desperately to warn future generations of the atrocities. But the decimated school system over the last 30yrs has destroyed that knowledge.

Trumpism parallels: A machinery of enablers — political, media, corporate, evangelical — rewrites Trump’s actions: Crimes → “witch hunt” Corruption → “persecution” Chaos risking national security → “strategy” Threats → “jokes” They aren’t fooled; they’re invested.

@1crazyvanlife "Keeper of the Flame" 1942. Free on Tubi. Your post inspired me to find and watch the movie. Thank you 😊

It’s heartening to know this has been tried countless times and yet, we survived. It’s depressing as hell knowing social media, 24 hour news cycle and bots and AI might be the final tipping point to the end.

If it's any consolation, it seems that Democrats back then were able to defeat the fascists and racists of their time. Hopefully that means we can do the same today.

if you are interested it's called Keeper of The Flame

I think I’m more upset that our parents and grandparents had the playbook handed to them and still chose not to do anything with it.

Keeper of the Flame (1942)

Wow! I hope at least a few MAGAs watch and listen to what Katherine is saying in this, now historic and foreboding, clip. The famous quote by George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,"

Is that Keeper of the Flame!?

As long as class societies exist, ruling classes will use these tactics of division. Only the world working class is capable of putting an end to this by overthrowing and expropriating the bourgeoisie and establishing a classless socialist world republic.

Truth!

Keeper Of The Flame.

Hummm…so Project 2025 is just an old playbook made new? I sure could have skipped this rerun in my old age😳

Since MAGA wants the good old times, start showing them this to remind them of our shared past.

Each country is encouraged to be suspicious of its neighbors. Within each country, economic and social classes are encouraged to wage a kind of war against each other. The result is that all over the planet it is impossible for people to take united action. Everywhere, the people would rather fight each other than make a common stand against the central tyranny and thus it rules without having to exert much force.

Whoa THX for posting this. We will fight and we will win. 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸 This country has come too far to let it slip away now.

Yep! Well worn tactics that have been used over & over again in history. Sickening that they've been so successful in the last 40 yrs & especially the last 10 yrs.

Wow! What year was this approximately? Nothing has changed, huh?

@carrybeyond Keeper of the Flame - fantastic movie that shows that what we’re going through isn’t new at all.

AOC just said ‘we’ve got to figure out how to control the media’ so there’s that. Hillary has said as much, too.

you mean like what trump is doing right now?

Talking points are as predictable as are your posts

@smalls2672 is that anything like when Vance said, "if we don't have any stories, we'll just make some up" there's no end to the awfulness of the MAGAts

@smalls2672 A master troll. Awful are the Democrats: Killing babies, mutilating children, men in women’s spaces, wide open boarders, rampant fraud, election rigging, activist judges, Hunter seducing his brother’s widow while addicting her to crack - I’ll take a signed Bible over Liberals..

@smalls2672 Killing babies

@smalls2672 Many factors at play here, but I’m talking about Democrats destroying proper society. Get bent, baby killer.

Yeah you are falling for 75 year old propaganda, you’re right there really is nothing new under the sun.