I never watched it, but I've heard about this show both in passing and in "left spaces." Are any of these things true about it? Thanks.
--It is too on the nose with its social commentary. --The criticism it makes is obvious. --The subjects it tackles are low-hanging fruit of the digital era. --It is the stupid person's idea of a profound show. --Something about it being British led to more dunks on it. --The reason it entered left discourse in the first place is because it had potential as a critical text, but ultimately failed at it.
- PKMKII [none/use name]·8 months ago
- Sometimes, although there have been some where that’s more in retrospect or became that way because of future events.
- Mmm, yeah
- Ehh I wouldn’t say that. Maybe as compared to an academic work by a cyberethics expert, sure, but by mass consumption standards it’s good.
- The Venn diagram of intelligent people and people who think your intelligence is determined by what show you watch has no overlap.
- Not sure. Maybe? I know that “make fun of everything British” meme made the rounds a year or two back so it wouldn’t surprise me.
- I think it typically presented capitalism in a negative light, but because it was more about the observation on the dystopia than a solution for it, it couldn’t be truly revolutionary.