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or questions Mulder and Scully’s roles upholding
the status quo of the FBI. However, the show
focuses a lot on uncovering corruption in
government agencies. Mulder and Scully work
as a unit against the corruption within the
FBI, in the CIA, and in the Military. In fact,
I would say the X-Files was originally very
critical of the Military.
Then 9/11 happened and the United States
spiraled into pro-war, unquestioning patriotism.
It was disheartening, as we watch America
fall into the hands of fascism, that the X-Files
would lose its critical view of the government.
We no longer see Mulder and Scully fight
institutional authorities, government coverups,
or the misuse of the justice system. Instead,
they’re fighting alongside the government
against fringe 3rd party
groups trying to take over.
Possibly worst of all is
their new ally, Tad O’Malley
(played brilliantly by the
charismatic Joel McHale) a
Tucker Carlson spoof, whose
fringe alt-right theories
have some basis in truth.
It almost feels as if the
new X-Files reboot was a few
steps away from falling into
Q-Anon propaganda.
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