• berrytopylus [she/her,they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Damn I didn't know it was an allegory for capitalism, I thought it was just saying living in South Korea sucked

    • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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      3 years ago

      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."

      • PeterTheAverage [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        And yet it's the number one example neolibs love to bring up with how their ideology and American imperialism "works".

        • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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          3 years ago

          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.

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            • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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              3 years ago

              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.

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                • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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                  3 years ago

                  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.

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    • fuckwit [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      it’s very loosely anti-capitalist, kind of insane how people are calling it a leftist swan song

      • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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        3 years ago

        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

        • fuckwit [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          Seriously, it's so incredibly desperate. 'OMG movie from wealthy nation depicts people not having healthcare and life sucking :CommiePOGGERS:'

      • CommCat [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        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.