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Whose side is Civil War on?

Whose side is Civil War on?

Many of the negative responses to Civil War boil down to Alex Garland’s failure to tell us whose side he is on.

Damien Walter
Apr 21, 2024
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Whose side is Civil War on?

Many of the negative responses to Civil War boil down to Alex Garland’s failure to tell us whose side he is on.

People went in to Civil War expecting the thrill of confirmation bias, of being told that our side, in the ever more polarised politics of the United States, is the right side.

Instead Alex Garland throws in references…

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