They absolutely do. It’s genuinely breathtaking to realize what a surface level read most people have of the fiction they consume. Back when I was on
I remember being downvoted into oblivion for pointing out that literally the entire genre of science fiction and fantasy is political because the whole point is to reframe various social/philosophical/political concepts in ways that let you recontextualize your own ideas and biases.
I remember talking to someone about Starship Troopers once, the conversation made me seriously question if the person I was talking to had a grasp on what was and what wasn’t reality. He was arguing that society should essentially be exactly like it’s depicted by Heinlein, and I was trying to point out to them that the only reason that type of society works in the book is because the author wrote it that way, but they kept referring back to the book itself to try and prove that that type of society would work in reality.
I remember talking to someone about Starship Troopers once, the conversation made me seriously question if the person I was talking to had a grasp on what was and what wasn’t reality. He was arguing that society should essentially be exactly like it’s depicted by Heinlein, and I was trying to point out to them that the only reason that type of society works in the book is because the author wrote it that way, but they kept referring back to the book itself to try and prove that that type of society would work in reality.
Do we have the same relative?
Mine also had a long unsolicited rant about how Gambo “corrupted” his preteen children because there was a gay blowjob once. Yeah, the rest of the Gambo show’s sexual violence and gory torture scenes were fine for those same preteen children though. According to him, they are “mature for their age” so that’s all fine, as long as no gaaaaay.
No one is immune to propaganda, and those that only see the blue curtains still absorb the rest, just in an unexamined way that is more dangerous in many cases.
They absolutely do. It’s genuinely breathtaking to realize what a surface level read most people have of the fiction they consume. Back when I was on
I remember being downvoted into oblivion for pointing out that literally the entire genre of science fiction and fantasy is political because the whole point is to reframe various social/philosophical/political concepts in ways that let you recontextualize your own ideas and biases.
I remember talking to someone about Starship Troopers once, the conversation made me seriously question if the person I was talking to had a grasp on what was and what wasn’t reality. He was arguing that society should essentially be exactly like it’s depicted by Heinlein, and I was trying to point out to them that the only reason that type of society works in the book is because the author wrote it that way, but they kept referring back to the book itself to try and prove that that type of society would work in reality.
Do we have the same relative?
Mine also had a long unsolicited rant about how Gambo “corrupted” his preteen children because there was a gay blowjob once. Yeah, the rest of the Gambo show’s sexual violence and gory torture scenes were fine for those same preteen children though. According to him, they are “mature for their age” so that’s all fine, as long as no gaaaaay.
To them all art is entertainment and all entertainment should be escapism.
No one is immune to propaganda, and those that only see the blue curtains still absorb the rest, just in an unexamined way that is more dangerous in many cases.
reminder that tolkien’s works are literally urbanist propaganda, he really didn’t like cars and the way a lot of modern society is designed.
It’s more of anti-urbanist propaganda, because he wasn’t fond of cities and industrialism in general.
I thought it was more agrarian and monarchist propaganda? His solution to the problems of the modern city seems to be “don’t live in a city”