yeah yeah yeah

and :

Charlie Chaplin : The Great Dictator (1940) - World War 2

The Little American (1917) - World War 1

too many countless other movies to speak of for every conflict that man has ever even been a hairs breadth away of ever participating in

now, if you want to get into books, plays, traveling minstrel shows, we can go back to the beginning of time

this is not new, this is not unusual. it is as normal an expression of anxiety, rage, and pride as every other thing