Frank's Musings

The recent movie, “Civil War,” seems to portray the effects of the disintegration of rules-based civic order. It does not and probably could not analyze the political causes behind that development. Moreover, instead of a breakup of the American political federation it apparently predicts the ungluing of the country’s common cultural webbing.

In other words, the film shows the social effects of triumphant libertarianism, not the philosophy and action plan of its leaders. Moreover, it postulates that the benefits of a diverse and interdependent society are not clear to everyone. Could it be that the film’s box-office popularity and the chaos and violence it portrays will awaken the public to the danger of giving vent to childish solipsism and \impatience with the obligations of responsible citizenship.

That is apparently the objective of its writer and director, Alex Garland.