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Would you be ok with dat? - Results (109 votes)
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https://www.gamespot.com/articles/hbo-responds-to-controversy-over-new-confederate-s/1100-6452157/ |
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I can't get behind such a ridiculous premise.
The south was never going to win. As Shelby Foote said the North fought with one arm behind their back, if it got bad they just had to remove the other arm.
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I can already hear regressives lighting their torches and sharpening their pitchforks.
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You mean they didn't win? Why do white people of present day get such hatred over slavery then?
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I'm okay with this. Special snowflake right-wingers wouldn't be able to handle the portrayal of how s***ty it would be and they'd demand that it be censored to instead look like a utopia because they're anti-free speech like that.
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There's several shows/movies that show the Nazis winning WW2, so this isn't that "offensive".
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If it turns out to be like Django Unchained, then I'm fine.
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I love alternate history stuff so I'm fine with this. I'm also not American
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Delta_F14 posted...
There's several shows/movies that show the Nazis winning WW2, so this isn't that "offensive". seriously, man in the high castle casually mentions that the jews in america were also mass-murdered and it showcases the continued efforts to remove them anyone who gets pissy about alternate history TV shows that clearly identify the historical villains as villains in the show is ridiculous
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LightningAce11 posted...
If it turns out to be like Django Unchained, then I'm fine. Django happened before the Civil War though. As for Confederate, I hate the premise because shows of this nature rarely exist to tell a story. No, this is going to be thinly conveyed allegory for current events, and they're gonna be hoping that people tune in every week with that in mind.
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Only if it shows that slavery would be still a thing in the nation, documenting the harsh realities because the south is so regressive and would hold progression back massively.
Just curious
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thompsontalker7 posted...
LightningAce11 posted...If it turns out to be like Django Unchained, then I'm fine. point is django portrayed slavery in a non-offensive way because those in favor of slavery generally got exploded. and i think man in the high castle is a demonstration to the contrary of your second point although i'm still not sure WHAT story it's trying to tell, but it's definitely not about current events.
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Don't like it? Don't watch it. Not a hard concept.
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ImaAskAQuestion posted...
Only if it shows that slavery would be still a thing in the nation, documenting the harsh realities because the south is so regressive and would hold progression back massively. Slavery wouldn't be a thing still though. Even back then slavery wasn't going to be feasible for much longer. The idea of a hypothetical confederacy still having slavery in 2017 is ludicrous.
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MakoReizei posted...
ImaAskAQuestion posted...Only if it shows that slavery would be still a thing in the nation, documenting the harsh realities because the south is so regressive and would hold progression back massively. LOL are you really implying that if the south had won slavery would be abolished regardless?
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voldothegr8 posted...
he is. do you have any knowledge of the economics underlying his reasoning?
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If Amazon can do The Man In The High Castle, HBO can do this.
Alternative history shows can be good/interesting. There will be outrage regardless.
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the last western country to abolish slavery was Brazil in 1888.
Would slavery really have lasted longer than that in the Confederacy assuming they won? also, the rapid advancements in technology were making slavery obsolete.
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Sure. I think it would be really interesting. Kinda like Wolfenstein with its Nazi rule in its alternative universe.
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MakoReizei posted...
ImaAskAQuestion posted...Only if it shows that slavery would be still a thing in the nation, documenting the harsh realities because the south is so regressive and would hold progression back massively. Yeah, free labor would become infeasible! By the way, even though it's technically illegal slavery exists in a number of countries. |
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Sure, what the hell.
History is definitely written by the winners, though. It's another scenario where I can't imagine the US losing (though it seems more plausible than The Man in the High Castle, since I really don't think people would have been okay with the Axis Powers winning WW2). Would the US just have surrendered and said "sure, you can be your own nation, WDGAF"?
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1337toothbrush posted...
MakoReizei posted...ImaAskAQuestion posted...Only if it shows that slavery would be still a thing in the nation, documenting the harsh realities because the south is so regressive and would hold progression back massively. yeah, in countries like Mauritania. |
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Darkman124 posted...
voldothegr8 posted... The economics of dirt cheap labor?
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lol
Should be a short show. There are only so many angles you can shoot a smouldering crater from. I guess they could spend most of the show talking about the great overalls with both buttons still present ban of 1871 and the descent to complete illiteracy by 1884. |
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Right now we have an alternate reality TV show where the Nazi won world war two, and an alternate future show where women are enslaved in a fundamental Christian like society so why would this be going too far? It's not.
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There's some interesting things you could do.
Like the North surrendering during the Civil War but then later on secretly funneling money and weapons to slaves in the South in order to spark a rebellion down the line. Then the North assists with an invasion of the South once the rebellion begins and takes it back.
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voldothegr8 posted...
so, no. that labor is not "dirt cheap" due to the security required to maintain, feed, and house it; the price of labor always must factor in opportunity costs against what is being given up (mechanized, skilled labor); abolition of slavery in europe impacted the supply of slaves shipped to western nations; etc
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That sounds pretty cool. I have a hard time imagining a country with a racist president and vocal confederates getting their way over more reasoned and principled people.
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voldothegr8 posted...
Darkman124 posted...voldothegr8 posted... That's a no.
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Why are all the "black" shows on these premium stations about black people suffering? Can I get some more stuff like Atlanta or Insecure?
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Scorsese2002 posted...
If Amazon can do The Man In The High Castle, HBO can do this. I don't recall outrage for man in the high Castle
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hollow_shrine posted...
Why are all the "black" shows on these premium stations about black people suffering? Can I get some more stuff like Atlanta or Insecure? We need to be constantly reminded that black people are victims
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glitteringfairy posted...
hollow_shrine posted...Why are all the "black" shows on these premium stations about black people suffering? Can I get some more stuff like Atlanta or Insecure? mainly because quite a few people pretend like nothing's wrong |
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YES! lets fantasize about a world where the actual racists won the war and get to keep their slaves....WTF im not cool wit this at all
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I feel like that could be a cool alternate history show
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.A.:_The_Confederate_States_of_America
Where was all the outrage when this came out? |
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ZombiePelican posted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.A.:_The_Confederate_States_of_America https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
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I honestly don't care what people make shows/movies about.
None of them are going to offend me, and if I'm not interested in the product then I just won't f***ing watch it. I don't complain, or get offended, every time Tarantino comes out with a new movie....I just simply don't watch it. People really need to get over themselves.
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Muffinz0rz posted...
ZombiePelican posted...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.A.:_The_Confederate_States_of_America Did you even click the link? |
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ZombiePelican posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...ZombiePelican posted...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.S.A.:_The_Confederate_States_of_America Oh I did not I assumed it was about the Confederacy lolol
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There's already a show that plays with the idea of the Nazis winning WW2. I don't see how this is inherently any worse.
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Slavery in 2017 sounds far-fetched.
But the idea of a split United/Confederate States in 2017 sounds interesting. And how the two national cultures would have diverged. Maybe the Confederacy actually maintains a super hard "states rights" stance while thr US becomes more and more centralized around the federal government. That dichotomy would be cool. And mayb throw in some re-unification politics or something.
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KiwiTerraRizing posted...
I can't get behind such a ridiculous premise This. It's soooooo dumb. First of all, as someone who lives in North Carolina, I can't wait for my home to be depicted as nothing more than racist Nazis. So looking forward to that. Second, the history makes no damn sense. The South was always going to lose and Slavery was on its way out even back then. That's absolutely no way that slavery would continue to present day. That's f***ing ridiculous. Did the rest of the world just die? The whole premise is so stupid. |
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creativerealms posted...
Right now we have an alternate reality TV show where the Nazi won world war two, and an alternate future show where women are enslaved in a fundamental Christian like society so why would this be going too far? It's not.
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