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Note: I wrote the "corporatocracy" WMG originally.
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[[WMG: Or, the state in ''Brazil'' is a corporatocracy]]
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[[WMG: Or, the state in ''Brazil'' is just a corporatocracy]]corporatocracy after all]]
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[[WMG: Or the whole point is ''it doesn't matter''.]]
Totalitarian state socialism vs. totalitarian corporate monopoly leading to much the same results- a mixture of extreme repression and total incompetence. Only the window-dressing is different. (Noting both many Marxists and left-anarchists critical of regimes like the USSR point out that they were "state capitalist" not truly socialist, whilst many moderates consider TheHorseshoeEffect.)
Totalitarian state socialism vs. totalitarian corporate monopoly leading to much the same results- a mixture of extreme repression and total incompetence. Only the window-dressing is different. (Noting both many Marxists and left-anarchists critical of regimes like the USSR point out that they were "state capitalist" not truly socialist, whilst many moderates consider TheHorseshoeEffect.)
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Given the rampant consumerism , it could just as easily make sense that Central Services is an inept corporate monopoly that has essentially taken on the role of government, rather than a nationalized industry (in which the government takes over the role of private enterprise), and would explain Gilliam's working title of ''So That's Why The Bourgeoisie Sucks''.
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Given the rampant consumerism , consumerism, it could just as easily make sense that Central Services is an inept corporate monopoly that has essentially taken on the role of government, rather than a nationalized industry (in which the government takes over the role of private enterprise), and would explain Gilliam's working title of ''So That's Why The Bourgeoisie Sucks''.
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(Partly inspired by a mix-up with airline seat booking which reminded this WMG's author of the administration in the film, as well as general observances on monopolies producing poor quality results).
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(Partly inspired by a mix-up with airline seat booking which reminded this WMG's author of the administration in the film, as well as general observances on monopolies producing poor quality results).results).
[[WMG: "This has not been a recording" is ''not'' a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.]]
It's some poor person working nightshift and working off a script, meant as a joke to show how stupidly inefficient the organization is. Why would they bother with a recording when they can use makework?
[[WMG: "This has not been a recording" is ''not'' a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.]]
It's some poor person working nightshift and working off a script, meant as a joke to show how stupidly inefficient the organization is. Why would they bother with a recording when they can use makework?
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Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence, every explosion being blamed on "terrorists" (the IRA in RealLife?)
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Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised nationalized industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence, every explosion being blamed on "terrorists" (the IRA in RealLife?)RealLife?)
[[WMG: Or, the state in ''Brazil'' is a corporatocracy]]
Given the rampant consumerism , it could just as easily make sense that Central Services is an inept corporate monopoly that has essentially taken on the role of government, rather than a nationalized industry (in which the government takes over the role of private enterprise), and would explain Gilliam's working title of ''So That's Why The Bourgeoisie Sucks''.
(Partly inspired by a mix-up with airline seat booking which reminded this WMG's author of the administration in the film, as well as general observances on monopolies producing poor quality results).
[[WMG: Or, the state in ''Brazil'' is a corporatocracy]]
Given the rampant consumerism , it could just as easily make sense that Central Services is an inept corporate monopoly that has essentially taken on the role of government, rather than a nationalized industry (in which the government takes over the role of private enterprise), and would explain Gilliam's working title of ''So That's Why The Bourgeoisie Sucks''.
(Partly inspired by a mix-up with airline seat booking which reminded this WMG's author of the administration in the film, as well as general observances on monopolies producing poor quality results).
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Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence...
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Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence...incompetence, every explosion being blamed on "terrorists" (the IRA in RealLife?)
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[[WMG:The country controlled by the Ministry of Information in Brazil is the capitalist state overthrown by the predecessors of the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four.]]
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[[WMG:The country controlled by the Ministry of Information in Brazil is the capitalist state overthrown by the predecessors of the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four.]]]]
[[WMG:''Brazil'' is to post-war Britain as ''1984'' is to totalitarian socialism.]]
Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence...
[[WMG:''Brazil'' is to post-war Britain as ''1984'' is to totalitarian socialism.]]
Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalised industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence...
