I was watching the first installment of PBS’s series “Carrier,” about life on the USS Nimitz. And at the end, we see that it’s sponsored by something called CSC, which we see specializes in (among other things) helping corporations outsource jobs.
My first thought that it was contradictory for a firm that helps drain America to sponsor a documentary that praises American naval power, but it’s really not. They’re both in the business of promulgating “American” global hegemony, one with guns and the other with briefcases, one to bring “democracy” to Basra and the other to take your job to Bangalore. I bet a few of the sailors are sailors because firms like CSC helped move the civilian jobs they could have had overseas, so they had no other choice.
Like I said in this space a two years ago, everybody’s in on this America thing except the Americans.
UPDATE 4/29: I noticed while watching the beginning of last night’s installment that it’s produced by Icon Productions, and that Mel Gibson is one of three executive producers.
