South Korea has been absolutely gutted by capitalism. That's why there are so many movies and shows from there that seem to say "life sucks and you can't win without divine help."
Taiwan/reddit island (look at the number of Taiwanese working in China; IIRC Taiwanese millennials are relatively miserable and pessimistic about their future)
Singapore/neolib island (only elites and high-income immigrants love it; the citizenry think it's a miserable place. They also abuse their lower-wage migrants, typical neolibs)
yeah. The west talks a big game about it's asian colonies, but just doesn't have the numbers to back it up. Also I thought you were referring to the actual reddit island for a second.
a couple times some redditors have tried to get an island so they could start their own country. It's like those roving money pits from tumblr back in the day except way more smug and less likely to admit they got scammed. I watched a video about it, it was pretty ableist in it's language so I won't recommend it. The information probably is out there on youtube, or you could look it up on reddit.
haven't watched it yet, but it reminds me when Avatar was breaking box office records. Some leftists were hailing it as some Anti-Imperialist masterpiece, lol it had no effect on 'Murican perception of their evil empire. Palestinians even painted themselves blue while protesting, it made the news for maybe a few minutes. I no longer get excited about these popular media that hints at some leftism.
Damn I didn't know it was an allegory for capitalism, I thought it was just saying living in South Korea sucked
South Korea has been absolutely gutted by capitalism. That's why there are so many movies and shows from there that seem to say "life sucks and you can't win without divine help."
And yet it's the number one example neolibs love to bring up with how their ideology and American imperialism "works".
it's the same with japan. It's because they don't need to destroy the landscape for resources, so the technological growth counts as a "good" thing.
See also:
Hong Kong (lol)
Taiwan/reddit island (look at the number of Taiwanese working in China; IIRC Taiwanese millennials are relatively miserable and pessimistic about their future)
Singapore/neolib island (only elites and high-income immigrants love it; the citizenry think it's a miserable place. They also abuse their lower-wage migrants, typical neolibs)
Etc etc etc
yeah. The west talks a big game about it's asian colonies, but just doesn't have the numbers to back it up. Also I thought you were referring to the actual reddit island for a second.
Wait what's that? I thought it was Taiwan, since :reddit-logo: is obsessed with them (owning le see see pee)
a couple times some redditors have tried to get an island so they could start their own country. It's like those roving money pits from tumblr back in the day except way more smug and less likely to admit they got scammed. I watched a video about it, it was pretty ableist in it's language so I won't recommend it. The information probably is out there on youtube, or you could look it up on reddit.
Would expect nothing less from the galaxy brains at :reddit-logo:
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I once had someone on :reddit-logo: tell me I was making shit up for saying korean people felt crushed by capitlaism
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Did it get used during the show?
I can't remember if it explicitly got used in the show, but the second episode about their lives outside the games is titled 'Hell'
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Both.
it’s very loosely anti-capitalist, kind of insane how people are calling it a leftist swan song
The berniecrats are desperate for anything to latch on to, and since reading theory is out of the question, we end up with 2017 woke movie discourse
Seriously, it's so incredibly desperate. 'OMG movie from wealthy nation depicts people not having healthcare and life sucking :CommiePOGGERS:'
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haven't watched it yet, but it reminds me when Avatar was breaking box office records. Some leftists were hailing it as some Anti-Imperialist masterpiece, lol it had no effect on 'Murican perception of their evil empire. Palestinians even painted themselves blue while protesting, it made the news for maybe a few minutes. I no longer get excited about these popular media that hints at some leftism.