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Is this a pro-libertarian movie?

posted 4 years ago by TMC-4 (20288)
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In The Incredibles, we see a family of incredibly heroic and amazing people, who are never-the-less unable to live up to their aspirations or talents because of:

a) Senseless regulation from an overbearing government.

b) Annoying normal people who are out to sue and rip-off the heroes at the first opportunity.

c) Nagging obligations to conform to everyone else’s boring, rubbish standards.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-your-favorite-libertarian-movie

[–] strntz (12687) 3 years ago

Yeah, except people with superhuman powers don't fit any political or societal model.

The regulations to ban the Supers were there as a plot device, not to point out the (admittedly) ridiculous over-regulation the U.S. government foists on its people and businesses. I believe this because 1) it made a great story and 2) the loony left in Hollywood would never intentionally take a shot at the type of nanny state government they'd prefer.