Total Recall contains a number of liberal themes. It glamorizes terrorism, such as in a scene where the heroic Martian rebels bomb a public square in a terrorist attack. Conversely, it demonizes the government seeking to stop the terrorism as an oppressive police state. The film also makes villains of those who control resources in short supply, the way liberals today vilify oil companies. It also romanticizes an ancient alien race (like the Native Americans) by supposing that their prehistoric ways are superior to modern means, and are the only way to free humanity from want. | Total Recall contains a number of liberal themes. It glamorizes terrorism, such as in a scene where the heroic Martian rebels bomb a public square in a terrorist attack. Conversely, it demonizes the government seeking to stop the terrorism as an oppressive police state. The film also makes villains of those who control resources in short supply, the way liberals today vilify oil companies. It also romanticizes an ancient alien race (like the Native Americans) by supposing that their prehistoric ways are superior to modern means, and are the only way to free humanity from want. |