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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (786505)	5/27/2014 9:50:40 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576893

Began watching House of Cards recently per your recommendation. Yes, Cankles Clinton is the real life Frank Underwood. Just watched the first episode of season two, which was shocking...

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (786505)	5/29/2014 12:31:43 AM
From: Bilow	Respond to of 1576893

Hi Tenchusatsu; Re: "Huh? I don't remember any hint of how the world in Hunger Games came to be, much less any indictment of capitalism."; Maybe it was only in the book. I saw the first movie and had no doubt as to what the message was. Here's a good Salon article on the subject of the political meaning of the story: Much of the genius of the “Hunger Games” franchise lies in its portrayal of a dystopian future society that lacks any specific ideological character. Panem, the deep-future dictatorship that has apparently replaced present-day America after an unspecified combination of civil war, social meltdown and ecological catastrophe, has the semiotic appearance of fascism – white-helmeted storm troopers and barbed-wire walls – but is really more like an old-fashioned feudal society, concerned entirely with maintaining its internal order. salon.com When the United States is ravaged by ecological disaster and internecine wars over the depleted resources, it was the nation of Panem that arose from the ashes. thespiralarm.wordpress.com -- Carl