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flabberghaster wrote
It's recuperation. It will always happen, nothing to be done about it except not lose sight of what really matters.
twovests wrote
Oh I actually didn't know the word for this, I appreciate it. It's good to have a word to put to this thing
twovests wrote
all jokes aside i like how "leftist" ideas are becoming more mainstream and marketable but i dislike how they're being sold to us
"the boys" and "mr robot" are legitimately some of the best shows and i recommend them, and they have some good messages, anti-capitalist ones at that. but they don't dig very deep and they completely avoid concepts like "unions".
in "the boys", there are in-universe superheroes but also they make superhero movies, and the criticism ends at "haha sometimes superheroes are cringey" and not "hey, these super-expensive films couldn't exist in an ethical economic system", because that would implicate "the boys" irl as well.