Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to anime • 10 months agoThis is why isekai is popular, reality under Capitalism sucks.imagemessage-square35 arrow-up1126
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minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]hexbear25•10 months agoI'm not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre link
minus-squareMagician [he/him, they/them]hexbear20•10 months agoOh I see. Yeah, that's a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism. link
minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]hexbear17•10 months ago reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism. I think that's a really sharp observation. There's probably a good essay to be written about that. link
I'm not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre
Oh I see. Yeah, that's a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism.
I think that's a really sharp observation. There's probably a good essay to be written about that.