# The Purge: Election Year

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/pop-locke/the-purge-election-year>

**By** Aja Romano, Meredith Clark, Landry Ayres, Natalie Dowzicky

**Published:** October 21, 2020

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Aja Romano \& Meredith Clark join the show to discuss the horror slasher film, The Purge: Election Year.

## Summary:

The Purge: Election Year is not a good movie, but it is ripe with social commentary. The dystopia film is set in the not so distant future where the New Founding Fathers of America are the dominant political party. But a young newcomer, Senator Charlie Roan is trying to unseat the incumbent to put a stop to government-sanctioned violence. The movie attempts to critique grotesque violence, but ends up being extremely hypocritical.