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Is "social engineering" a good term for what's claimed to be going on?..

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Steve O

In Reply to: RE: One review pegged this one as an American feel-good flick ... posted by free.ranger on October 14, 2018 at 10:17:57

..."revisionist history" or "revisionism" seems better suited. For the record, I detected nothing I'd describe as revisionist in the film although I wasn't really looking for it.

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RE: Is "social engineering" a good term for what's claimed to be going on?.. - volunteer 12:06:50 10/14/18 (1)
What did you detect as revisionist?

-Wendell
- RE: Is "social engineering" a good term for what's claimed to be going on?.. - Steve O 13:10:07 10/14/18 (0)
  I found nothing I'd consider revisionist. Everything seemed about as I remembered from my innocent and impressionable youth. I'm sure there minor distortions of the pure truth in the interests of storytelling.
  
  Recall up above BW stated he wouldn't be seeing the film due to something about flags. He implied the flag thing was a result of "social engineering. Although I don't agree with that assessment, I thought revisionism might be a better term if I did. That's all.
I have no idea. I doubt anyone does. - free.ranger 11:57:59 10/14/18 (0)
It's one of those currently fashionable nebulous buzz phrases that people throw around when they want to demonstrate political stances, based on attitudes. Usually used in some negative, cynical context.

Broadly, it can describe attempt to steer thinking or massage mindsets in populations.
I think revisionism is a subset of this catch-phrase concept.
And I think about everything is some degree revisionist in these times; even mathematics.

The movie sounds like a good one, regardless of real or imagined "engineering". People see what people see. Anything in these times that helps make Americans happy is a good thing.

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