but not for the right reasons

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    He's effectively right, but the neoliberal future depicted is emphatically a dystopia, characterized by widespread slums and rampant poverty. So, like the present global neoliberalism, but in space and with a stronger jazz / blues musical aesthetic.

    • Ideology [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      But wouldn't it be neat if harmonicas played whenever you entered a dusty old town in a space habitat?

      • CheGueBeara [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Slide guitar when I spend a week's earnings on a simple bowl of noodles

        • Dingdangdog [he/him,comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          I never paid attention to how expensive everything is in cowboy bebop, but that is a major through line isn't it?

          Have to hunt down a mass murderer to afford mushrooms in my ramen.

    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Don't forget one character being saddled with debt at the moment of their rebirth from cryosleep

    • sonartaxlaw [undecided,he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Those things are all good to neolibs, signifiers of a strong economy or whatever they're saying this week