James Cameron: Marxism For Thee, But Not For Me

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NewsBusters:

Cameron claims “Great wealth makes me uncomfortable,” and he has a track record of producing “quasi-Marxist epic[s],” as Newsweek described Titanic. Cameron himself said that Titanic was “holding just short of Marxist dogma.”

Critic James Kendrick pointed out Titanic, Aliens and The Abyss as three Cameron films that include Marxist overtones.

Certainly Avatar can be added to that list. Along with the global warming message–Popular Science calls it “every militant global warming supporter’s dream come true”–it has also been described as “blatant anti-military” and “anti-American.” The idea of the corporate partnership itself (or a $300 million movie) is a very capitalist idea in and of itself–made more so because McDonalds is so often targeted by radical critics for not being “socially responsible.”

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