but not for the right reasons

  • HarryLime [any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    I love Cowboy Bebop, and he's right that the future it depicts is bleakly neoliberal, but is Noah saying that Cowboy Bebop promotes neoliberalism, or glorifies it?

    • Fishroot [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      working oddjobs for questionable people and barely scrapping by at the end of an episode is actually good

      -Noah, probably

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        When mfers think they would be the hotshot bounty hunter (who is also totes not enjoying life or living their dream) and not some poor bastard in the slums that just had a kidney repossessed by their local credit union for exceeding their overdraft fees for the month.

          • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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            2 years ago

            you'd think that the corpse starch rations drive the point home, but i guess some people aren't kidding when they say they're omnivores

            • Fishroot [none/use name]
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              2 years ago

              I want to be a space marine

              My brother in the god emperor, you are a servitor in a genestealer cultists infested hive city and the imperium deployed the grey knights

      • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        Having episodes where they're on the verge of starving helps give them incentive to work and be productive members of society!

        • Sea_Gull [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          "Why the crew of the Bebop are broke and why bell peppers are the futuristic equivalent of avocado toast."

          Description of a video essay, probably.