While the working class cheered, the elite executed a devastating scam: eliminating $1.2 million in corporate pollution costs led to thousands of premature deaths. The tax cuts offered a negligible $20/wk windfall, instantly negated by inflation and tariffs. Enforcement is a joke; fines for environmental crimes are often less than $1% of the profit saved. The poor paid the price in health and lost wages, while Making Aristocracy Great Again.
This Independence Day critique analyzes the classic film as a prophetic social commentary on the Uber wealthy, capitalism, and planetary resource extraction.
