Rhaedas

New world trading amongst themselves, who dis?

Oh, so nastier than being asked by a reporter to tell the scared American public something encouraging during a pandemic? So Presidential, this guy.

Really. I get that the business world is dynamic and not adapting to changing times kills companies, but so does torpedoing a long-established and recognized name. It’s not just HBO, there have been many examples it seems recently, as somehow the suggestion to just drop what your customers look for and use something different and worse is a common boardroom thing, and with applause and promotions. It’s stupid. It’s great for ad and marketing firms I guess, but I’ll bet a typical first utterance is:

“Why are they getting rid of their old trademark, it’s good.”

“Shhh, this is worth a lot to us, let them make their mistakes.”

It was a bit much to work with, but once I realized that the civil war itself and the whys weren’t what the movie was about, I went with it. This scene was the most disturbing of them all. Maybe because it’s not that hard to imagine some people going this far. I’m sure there’s some veterans of various conflicts that would agree and saw it happen.