Who will be the baddie now?

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#146437Wed 04/05/11 22:00

Adam Curtis - Tuesday 3 May 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/may/03/osama-bin-laden-soviet-union-baddie ... He simplified the world ... an evil enemy with sleeper cells and "tentacles" ... whose sole aim was the destruction of western civilisation ... ... the simplicity ... of ... this dominant simplified narrative ... a dramatically simple story of looming apocalypse ... a simplified fantasy ... this simple story One of the main functions of politicians – and journalists – is to simplify the world for us. But there comes a point when – however much they try – the bits of reality, the fragments of events, won't fit into the old frame. The death of Bin Laden may be that point for the simplified story of goodies versus baddies. It was a story born in the US and Britain at the end of the second world war – the "good war"... ... the fundamental problem with this simple story of good versus evil is that it does not permit a proper critical framework that allows you to properly judge not only those you are fighting, but also your allies ... But the big question is where will the next story come from? And who will be the next baddie? The truth is that the stories are always constructed by those who have the power.

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