For Apocalypto, Mel Gibson cast primarily Indigenous people from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, many of whom had little or no previous acting experience. To add to the film’s authenticity, the entire movie was performed in the Yucatec Maya language.
Brian Lilley nails it here.. the politicians holding back our negotiations are those pleasing their base of voters with TDS. Destroying our country for polling popularity.
Because the media establishment, which has spent a full decade now demonising people like Ann, can't look in the mirror and admit their language and tone have been deeply irresponsible and dangerous. That would be incompatible with their self- image of Good People.
There's this haunting tale by Arthur C. Clarke where a Tibetan temple hires some computer engineers to set up a supercomputer to print out all the names of God.
They believe that stating God's nine billion names is the entire purpose of the universe. And they've been working on it for millennia. But they reckon a supercomputer would be much faster performing this sacred duty.
The story ends with the two engineers coming down the mountain and laughing about the silliness of it all. Then they notice that "overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out."
I really love that story because it shows the hubris of technology and how we might unleash forces far more powerful than we understand through it.