I have to say, both my respect and approval of the good folks at Marvel continues to grow with each passing movie, comic, and T.V. show. They have been going out of their way to not just lightly touch on the idea of a corruption in the government, but they have revolved entire story lines around it.
A shining example of this is their movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier, which centers on the story line of the evil Nazi secret society, Hydra, infiltrating the trusted hero organization, Shield. In this film, a Hydra agent, Dr. Arnim Zola, is quoted saying:
"People will fight for their freedom if people try to take it from them. But if you cause enough trouble, people will willingly give up their freedom for a more secure world."
(Quote taken from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843866/quotes)
This disturbing quote was used to sum up the evil plot of Hydra, who was preparing to launch advanced helacarriers with advanced weaponry that could target and destroy millions of people at a time, which they planned to use to offer security to those who pledged their fealty to Hydra, and killing all who opposed them. This would in effect take away an individuals basic human rights and freedom.
In this film, and in the T.V. series Agents of Shield, when Hydra decided to reveal themselves, they first removed any government officials and personnel they deemed a threat to their plans through various methods, such as imprisonment under false charges, and all out assassinations, Captain America and Director Fury being at the top of the list of their threats.
In the show, Agents of Shield, they show that not all Hydra followers are the expected evil, many are simply being controlled or wrongly influenced, either through misinformation or threats to them or their families, effectively showing that there are countless pawns to Hydra, some not even aware they are helping carry out Hydras evil plans until it is too late.
Both the Marvel movies and the T.V. series also show that Hydra is controlled by a select few elite individuals that methodically and systematically send their followers and supporters to their deaths, in order to keep the few elite in power, as the elite never risk themselves.
If you have either not seen, or watched any of the latest Marvel movies or the show I Agents of Shield, then I strongly urge you to do so, not just to watch for all of the real world analogies, but by doing so you support Marvel, encouraging them to continue with their stories that encourage the preservation of our freedom and civil rights!
I would like to end this post with the following image that I found online that I feel sums up my feelings perfectly, though a bit nerdy.
Stay prepared, stay safe!
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