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Are You Smarter Than a Flat Earther?
The Flat Earth Society is like Scientology for fools. Both are based on equally ridiculous theories, but flat-earthers don’t have to go through half as much propaganda to be convinced.
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Achche Din! Fanney Khan Gets a New Lyricist: The BJP
The Fanney Khan song “Mere Achhe Din Kab Aayenge” is now BJP-approved. The lyrics have been suitably changed to “Mere Achche Din Ab Aaye Re”. The party might as well use it as its 2019 slogan.
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HBO’s Chernobyl Warns Us About the Disasters of Propaganda & State-Sponsored Truths
It is impossible to watch HBO’s Chernobyl without one unsettling question gnawing away at your intellect: Could the worst nuclear accident in the history of humankind have been averted if documents containing vital information about structural damages and flaws in the design of the reactor hadn’t been redacted? The answer is almost too awful to contemplate.
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Jojo Rabbit Review: Taika Waititi’s Sublime Comedy is An Anti-Hate Call to Action
By making the audience stare right at a system that keeps enabling fascism right from birth, through the deception of comedy, Taika Waititi crafts Jojo Rabbit as a call-to-action against hate.
