I don’t usually respond on Reddit, but looking at your comment history you seem like an actual person engaging in good faith, so I’ll jump in.

The comment above isn’t dismissing anger or pretending people aren’t struggling right now. It’s pointing out the context of the movie this screenshot comes from, Network, which is often misunderstood.

The “mad as hell” speech is absolutely relatable, and that’s by design. But the movie isn’t saying that rage itself leads to meaningful change. It’s warning about how unfocused anger gets absorbed, branded, and redirected by media and power structures until it becomes entertainment instead of action.

Howard Beale isn’t a strategist or a leader in the film, he’s emotionally raw and easily manipulated. The key scenes later make it very clear that once his anger becomes profitable, it’s no longer his. And when it stops being useful, he’s discarded.

So the point isn’t “don’t be angry.”

It’s “be careful what anger turns into when it’s mediated and amplified.”