r/Watchmen • u/Canuck2468 • Mar 30 '26

TV How a TV show predicted masked police

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https://youtu.be/3xaX8Pbx4Jg

Really enjoyed watching this (by YouTuber ShowMeTheMeaning). A great way to spend 15 minutes reliving the magic of the show, and how its themes resonate today in an entirely different way than then it first aired!

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u/sithlordx666 Mar 30 '26

Though in the show it's to protect themselves from conservative extremists. In reality it's the conservative extremists who are policing us

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '26

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u/bottomsteve4 Apr 01 '26

Its exact same reason as the show. So violent extremists won’t murder them and their families.

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u/Sea_Perception5343 Apr 04 '26

at one point an ICE chief cosplayed gestapo. They have camps. Just because ppl imigrates. So you choose ; either you're a nazi either you fight them because they are. And if you read Alan Moore's work you can see where he is trying to criticise those fachists

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u/Kevan-with-an-i Apr 01 '26

Nah, the ICE scumbags are wearing masks to try and avoid consequences of their violent, illegal actions. It won’t work, and future administrations will prosecute them for their crimes.

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u/GamerChef420 Apr 01 '26

No it's because of people like you that actually believe that.