| 1 | [[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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| 3 | [[WMG:''Brazil'' is to post-war Britain as ''1984'' is to totalitarian socialism.]] |
| 4 | Think about it: a mixture of decrepit nationalized industry, consumerism, general administrative incompetence, every explosion being blamed on "terrorists" (the IRA in RealLife?) |
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| 6 | [[WMG: Or, the state in ''Brazil'' is just a corporatocracy after all]] |
| 7 | 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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| 9 | (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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| 11 | [[WMG: Or the whole point is ''it doesn't matter''.]] |
| 12 | 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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| 14 | [[WMG: "This has not been a recording" is ''not'' a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial.]] |
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