More often than not, the plots are a variation of "woman in the big city gives up her job, leaves her (admittedly bougie and shitty) boyfriend, and moves back to the small town she grew up in where she hooks up with her old boyfriend who, in spite of his working class salt-of-the-earth appearance, has money."

  • davel [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    It’s palingenetic wish fulfillment, or in other words, fascist porn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palingenesis#Politics_and_history

    • CarbonScored [any]
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      11 months ago

      I don't think fascists have the monopoly on enjoying the concept of rebirth, in fairness.