It shouldn’t come as a surprise if you’ve felt the slight sting of “patriotic duty” invoked during this current wave of big-budget sci-fi action thrillers. Whether it’s a fleet of Naval destroyers battling an alien-robot invasion (of Transformers), or an F-16 squadron preventing a giant amphibious monster (Godzilla) from “sending us back to the stone age,” it’s all provided through generous subsidies granted on behalf of the military-entertainment complex; the power-cooperative between Hollywood and Washington, DC. According to Americans For Prosperity, the past decade has seen government subsidies to Hollywood studios increase substantially: “In 2002 only five states provided subsidies … Continue reading The Hollywood Conspiracy