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The producers also admire the hack.

From the show's creator & executive producer: "We wish we’d caught these images before they made it to air. However, as Homeland always strives to be subversive in its own right and a stimulus for conversation, we can’t help but admire this act of artistic sabotage.” [0]

[0] http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/oct/15/homeland...

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... and there's the hack. It's us.

If you ever needed proof of the adage that capitalism will co-opt even the most accurate and stinging criticism of it, here it is.

The show was criticized as being racist and so the show appropriated that message (by hiring the "street artists" and instructing them to "go rogue") in order to sell more of the show.

This seems like a feature that would be generally selected for in types of social organization.

Indeed, reminds me of The Society of the Spectacle.

> The producers also admire the hack.

The producers know that if they publicly complained they would be torn apart on social media and in the press.

If life gives you lemons, ...

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