Good post. Yeah, those shows probably are a further retreat into escapism- I guess they're only preferable in that their form of reaction is less overtly fascistic.
Good point about leftist propaganda. Personally- I think the only way we'll find out how storytelling turns out is when/if we come out the other side of revolution. Right now I'm just taking the frequency of left/right leaning media as a cultural barometer of where we're at.
Good post. Yeah, those shows probably are a further retreat into escapism- I guess they're only preferable in that their form of reaction is less overtly fascistic.
Good point about leftist propaganda. Personally- I think the only way we'll find out how storytelling turns out is when/if we come out the other side of revolution. Right now I'm just taking the frequency of left/right leaning media as a cultural barometer of where we're at.
I know you lot are mostly not Maoists, but How Yukong Moved The Mountains is a great preview about the socialist future.
(In my own words as observation of the film: Even love is different on the other side of the revolution. It's dialectic!)
I'll go check it out, thanks!