11. Like SPECTRE in James Bond books, HYDRA had advantage of being amorphous global terrorist group, a site of free-floating anxiety
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@HeerJeet this is so fascinating- I love that movie and hadn't considered this angle before.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I don't think this is the message. This is the message Fury wants us to believe, but it is not Captain America's take.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet and in conspiracy theory, who's often found pulling the strings...? this is troubling alrightThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet This conclusion disregards that Fury and Steve are no longer a unity by the end of the film. -
@JimBuhler Fair point.
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22. The other religious element in this is the denial of death: Capt. America comes back from dead, as does Fury & (ambiguously) Bucky
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@BrentSirota But of course in Gnosticism, it is knowledge of the falsity of the material world that saves. - Show replies
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@heerjeet I think this is why Bucky is so beloved. We long for an enemy that is not us, and for what we've done to be not our fault.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Of course, we all know what happens when you try to get rid of a hydra.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet I haven't seen the movie but: isn't it possible that HYDRA *represents* the military-industrial complex in this scenario?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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