THIS is How They Rewrite History —and it Usually Works | #15

In this episode of Ideas Have Consequences, Larry shares his thoughts about Christopher Nolan’s newest feature film, Oppenheimer. The movie depicts the major events of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s life and the creation of the atomic bomb. The movie also details several of the events surrounding the United States’ dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during World War 2. Although Oppenheimer is mostly a great movie, there are questionable creative liberties taken to portray America as a bloodthirsty villain in this narrative. Larry shows us why this is historically false and why entertainment based on real events can often be used to push an alternate version of history to fit the current modern agendas driving the culture today. Use the code “IDEAS“ to get my special offer of access to Tome Exclusive for only $ a month for the year! Get it here: Chapter Markers 00:00 Video of bombs dropping on Japan 00:47 Ideas Have Consequences Show Opening 02:53 Oppenheimer movie 03:55 Joe Biden Politicheck 06:25 The past gets obscured 06:40 White Guilt and the Issue of Slavery 07:04 Tome Special Offer 08:45 Oppenheimer Movie 10:20 Nolans portrayal of America 11:05 Support of the dropping of bombs 16:30 Is Christopher Nolan ignorant? 17:45 Journalist Nicole Hannah Jones 18:23 1619 Project 19:52 News Articles 22:39 The Rape of Nanking 24:40 FOOT 26:34 Road to Surrender 27:00 Okinawa casualties 32:55 Railway of Death 33:35 Experience of American POW in Europe 34:15 Thank you for the shoes John! 34:50 Americans At War Book 36:58 The Pacific War -Saburo Ienaga 39:00 Machine Gun Preacher 40:30 What would you do? 44:50 The disservice Oppenheimer does 45:15 Toshikazu Kase letter to emperor 47:30 Americas History 49:10 The American people need to stand up SyncID: MB01LLZAGNV3QYE