• Crucible [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    7 days ago

    I wonder how far we are from state mandated media viewing for adults. They’ll get the kids with PragerU slop in schools but a major part of their culture war grievance is that their media isn’t dominant enough and you can remove the live action Little Mermaid for having a black person but you can’t make people watch Lady Ballers instead

      • Self_Sealing_Stem_Bolt [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        7 days ago

        I mean, fascism is all about redirecting class antagonism off the culprit, the ruling class, and ontona scapegoat. Culture war is the easiest way to do that. The nazis did it too. Culture war distracts from the real problems wich have to do with class. The more the contradictions heighten, the more unhinged the culture wars get.

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      you can’t make people watch Lady Ballers instead

      Who even is this for? The plot synopsis is almost unfollowable and it seems like they try to broach some criticisms of their positions then just smash cut to the issue being resolved.

      Like “oh, he’s going through a divorce because his wife thinks he’s a biggot, so he becomes even more bigoted then suddenly she comes back because her boyfriend said the nuclear family is important?”