For American Psycho, it’s not even about capitalism as much as it is the consumerism and corporatism. None of the characters have any identity of their own, their job and status and what they own IS their identity. That’s why the business cards are so important, and why their actions are mostly left unchecked, but also why nobody actually knows who anyone is. Bateman gets away with his murders not because he’s rich, but because no one actually knows who Michael Bateman is and they all mistake him for someone else. “Paul Allen isn’t dead, I just had lunch with him in London” etc.
Well, the Galactic Empire stopped the drug trade, squashed the slave trade, and reduced crime. Generally, the Sith government brought peace and order to the galaxy at the expense of personal liberty, creating a surveillance state.
the prequels were even more retarded in this respect
It's a shame people won't realize or recognize George Lucas was more focused on creating a good story centered around a hero's journey then making some political activist allegory of a movie. Even if he is a liberal he knew general audiences wouldn't react well to him spilling out his views and stances on the big screen.
Well it fits the urbanite strawman of Fascists they all despise, so they can project their political fantasies onto the good characters so they can stick it to their rightist opponents that way.
Oh God why did you remind me of that
Europoors complain about America so much because they implicitly recognize our hegemony over them and subconsciously think themselves as subjects of the United States (albeit with an autonomous administration). They are utterly buckbroken by the protagonist of world affairs.
or how he begged John Williams to blatantly steal the theme from a lesser known Ronald Reagan film, and Williams had to convince him to let him write his own song inspired by it.
You talking about ‘social autopsy’? Because if so you might not be quite right.
But muh politics! Everyone knows that a media can’t sustain itself without a moral faggot talking about how it all relates to the orange man!
Kinda off topic but it’s funny how the executive leadership of both the U.S and Russia can be classified into comedic roles. Trump the leader is the funny man while Vance his sidekick plays the foil. The opposite dynamic is apparent with Putin and Medvedev, with the former being the straight man while the latter serves as his funny man. Medvedev is basically Putin’s anger translator.
>Rants about Democrats being behind everything
Hopefully things get a bit more positive by then. Things have gone down hill since the highs of his first few months in office.
This is the most important thread on kiwifarms. We are getting Vance elected against Gavin “Nigger” NewScam in 2028.
