Manchurian Candidate Analysis

The Manchurian Candidate showed me how corrupt a government can actually be, and how as Americans we are all brainwashed to a certain extent. Soldiers were taken an manipulated and use to carry out government actions that were deemed necessary to rid society of communism and people who believed in it. This makes the viewer wonder about government corruption, and serious of events that have occurred from 1989-2016, and conspiracy theories that seem to plague the internet. The people that we appoint in higher positions have secret agenda and go about with manipulatives ways to control their citizens.
Government Scandals and corruption are nothing new to the public, scandals have been going on for years the earliest one being when Thomas Jefferson was said to have had relations and
father a child with his house slave Sally Hemmings. You’ve got the Watergate scandal, Teapot Dome, Iran-Contra and countless others. We’ve had presidents who were impeached by congress and we’ve also had presidents who were caught in sexual scandals, one must remember also that these individuals are humans and are going to make disastrous mistakes that will live on in our history books forever.
During the Cold War a bill was introduced the GI Bill that allowed military to attend school after they came back from war, even this bill had a bias people of color we excluded. Segregation during the cold war and after, caused blacks to move to the inner cities and whites to move out and form what is now known as the suburbs. This is why now your inner cities are plagued by drugs and violence, stereotypes and racial bias put your minorities in cheap constructed building and allowed whites to acquire land out in the open, mainly in the south is where many moved to. From 1950-1960 18 million people moved from the city to the suburbs. Communism was also a major concern during this period, it is often referred to as the red scare, any Americans who were believed to have had any links or ties to the Soviets were sternly interrogated and questioned. This fear however decrease by the 50s. According to Google.com communism is a term derived by Karl Marx that all property is publicly owned and each individuals pay and work is granted based upon their needs.
For instances during the 1980s Central Intelligence Agency was believed to help fund the Contra war and help the contra rebels by smuggling cocaine. This is what sparked the cocaine addiction that’s shaken the United States and is still an ongoing problem until this day. Another example of government corruption, by selling this drug to poor citizens that lived in the city that cause the downfall and destruction of the city just for profit gain is astonishing. Does one have disregard for their people or is there only disregard because most of them were poor, uneducated, and minorities?
As I watched this movie at first was confused as to what was actually happening, after watching the entire film and getting a clear understanding I realized that Shaw’s mother was a psychotic person.
Only had her interest at heart, yes she was campaigning and plotting to ensure her husband would win, but at what cost? She was manipulating her own son and abusing her power which is what normally happens in politics. Even the scene where she went in to kiss him, she literally tried to make out with him, it was disgusting. I’m still bewildered as to why the returning soldiers were inspected after being captured by the enemy, and exactly how the chip wasn’t detected sooner. How a person on the senate could have so much power, this reminds of when individuals say even though our president may think he has the highest position but, in actuality congress holds all the cards. That’s why I believe that congress and those who serve should have rules to only 2 terms like the president. Another thing that shocked was that even thou they were conditioned and brainwashed when Raymond came back his hate for his mom and step dad was still there, the first scene with them he seemed utterly
disgusted.
I also saw that how once Shaw realized that he killed his first loved that in that moment he started to regain memory of what exactly happen to him. Even though it wasn’t his mother’s intentions to have her killed her actions ultimately caused the death of her and, this caused him to hate his mother even more.
Another government corruption we see regarding the presidential election is the FBI investigation that Secretary Clinton is going through. Are we all safe, is out best interest at heart? One wonders just how is someone who wishes to lead this country not know, that a private email server as the secretary of defense is preposterous. Recently a CNN reporter was fired for sharing debate question with Clinton’s campaign before the debate even happened. This is just another example of government corruption and scandals that is being played out in the public eye.
Abuse of power in our government will continue to happen, as long as these politicians believe that they’re above the law they will continue to do whatever they please. Corruption will continue to happen as long as you have individuals who also won’t uphold everyone in the United State to the same law that every day individuals must live by.