Not sure this is the right com, but it feels closest. Just saw the announcement that the Hololive Vtuber Coco is leaving. She didn't give a reason, but people are assuming it has to do with the antis she's been hounded by since referring to Taiwan as Taiwan when going over analytics in a stream. I'm sad to see her go, she was never my favorite but I liked some of her stuff and she's a big part of hololive. However, I just do not get the insane level of hatred towards China and communism these reddit weebs are just spilling everywhere. Do they honestly think Xi has a list like "1. genocide 2. bully Vtuber"? I am just so tired of the sinophobia in internet cultures. I'm tired of reactionary weebs. I'm tired of people saying they "don't want political shows/games/streamers/whatever" but want to just spread the most fascist takes possible. Sorry if this is barely comprehensible. I'm tired, sad, and angry. I love anime and Vtubers, but why are so many of the people who watch it just so incredibly awful?
How do they manage to be media obsessed and non-critical? I'm not joking, I do not understand how so many people can live and breath certain media and not try to dissect it and explore it at anything but face value. I've spent my whole life fixating on and obsessing over movies, shows, books, manga, etc., but I've been analyzing it since I was 12. How do they grow up and never have a conscious thought?
If I were to guess, it's cause the shitty outdated education system incentivizes people to unquestioningly pull information from "trusted" or "reputable" sources and is just absolute trash at incentivizing people to develop critical/logical thinking skills in general. Why bother spending extra time to do DD on learning/research material when you can get perfectly passable or even great grades without it and have a million other things you'd rather be spending time on?
Also I don't think media literacy is really taught in school except as part of optional courses.
Because many people really do indulge in media consumption as a form of escapism, they just want to turn their brain off and consume. When something forces them to confront unpleasant realities or things that conflict with their own worldview they get angry.