I think most TV tends toward the libertarian perspective - because it's financed by the rich and that's what they believe. Government is evil and useless. Corporations are evil, but useful. You can't deny that corporations suck, but that's just how the world works, fuck you, shut up, eat your McBurger, that's all there is to life.
The only truly trustworthy government characters in media are soldiers and spooks, and that's because they also finance TV.
The narrative that government is democratic, that it takes care of problems when people organize - that's usually played for laughs: the mob goes rabble-rabble, the government fucks up by trying to help, haha that's what happens when you trust democracy!
I think most TV tends toward the libertarian perspective - because it's financed by the rich and that's what they believe. Government is evil and useless. Corporations are evil, but useful. You can't deny that corporations suck, but that's just how the world works, fuck you, shut up, eat your McBurger, that's all there is to life.
The only truly trustworthy government characters in media are soldiers and spooks, and that's because they also finance TV.
The narrative that government is democratic, that it takes care of problems when people organize - that's usually played for laughs: the mob goes rabble-rabble, the government fucks up by trying to help, haha that's what happens when you trust democracy!