The Boys and Squidgame existing and being so popular and successful only cements the notion in my mind that all art produced under capitalism, regardless of the text's content and author's intent, exists to reinforce capitalism. Capitalism will co-opt anything produced under it, and as such anti-capitalist art cannot be made until we start building socialism. It's a bleak world out there
edit: also form > text / subtext literally every time. It genuinely kinda disgusts and depresses me just how meaningless everything actually is in our world (talking about media / art ofc). Culture can't inform material conditions, it can only replicate it, so we're stuck in an extremely pathetic cycle where everything we consume is basically what is already very apparent to us. It really just makes change seem less possible, knowing how successful and popular Squidgame is. That's the poisonous irony that I will carry into my grave.
Is this really true, though? I mean without external forces at work, it probably does serve to reinforce capitalism. However, I have personally been able to use Squid Game to solidify leftism in the minds of a few libs already, because having that piece of media as a point of reference has made those people more open to leftist ideas.
The Boys and Squidgame existing and being so popular and successful only cements the notion in my mind that all art produced under capitalism, regardless of the text's content and author's intent, exists to reinforce capitalism. Capitalism will co-opt anything produced under it, and as such anti-capitalist art cannot be made until we start building socialism. It's a bleak world out there
edit: also form > text / subtext literally every time. It genuinely kinda disgusts and depresses me just how meaningless everything actually is in our world (talking about media / art ofc). Culture can't inform material conditions, it can only replicate it, so we're stuck in an extremely pathetic cycle where everything we consume is basically what is already very apparent to us. It really just makes change seem less possible, knowing how successful and popular Squidgame is. That's the poisonous irony that I will carry into my grave.
Is this really true, though? I mean without external forces at work, it probably does serve to reinforce capitalism. However, I have personally been able to use Squid Game to solidify leftism in the minds of a few libs already, because having that piece of media as a point of reference has made those people more open to leftist ideas.