Well yeah, but also its a series where the working class kill each other for the entertainment of the rich, the villain is literally called capital, the revolution is co-opted by people obsessed with image and optics, and so on
No, I get that. But I'm saying that a Republican or a conservative can still easily watch Katniss and her friends fighting the evil Capital and be like "that's me!"
revolutionary movements that are meant to be likeable are usually coded in such ambiguous ways, with dog whistles both for radlibs and reactionaries to latch on to. for example, in early seasons of The Expanse, when Belters weren't yet clearly sorted into "Polish or Irish = libertarian and good" and "Latinx or Middle Eastern = racist and bad", they were simultaneously coded as IRA crust punks and redneck truckers, and also all kinds of other stuff, just as easily being read as inusrrectionist leftist or as rebel chuds.
Well yeah, but also its a series where the working class kill each other for the entertainment of the rich, the villain is literally called capital, the revolution is co-opted by people obsessed with image and optics, and so on
No, I get that. But I'm saying that a Republican or a conservative can still easily watch Katniss and her friends fighting the evil Capital and be like "that's me!"
The most propagandized people in the world, etc
revolutionary movements that are meant to be likeable are usually coded in such ambiguous ways, with dog whistles both for radlibs and reactionaries to latch on to. for example, in early seasons of The Expanse, when Belters weren't yet clearly sorted into "Polish or Irish = libertarian and good" and "Latinx or Middle Eastern = racist and bad", they were simultaneously coded as IRA crust punks and redneck truckers, and also all kinds of other stuff, just as easily being read as inusrrectionist leftist or as rebel chuds.