Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Anime@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agoThis is why isekai is popular, reality under Capitalism sucks.hexbear.netimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down10
arrow-up1129arrow-down1imageThis is why isekai is popular, reality under Capitalism sucks.hexbear.netYuritopiaposadism [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Anime@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoI’m not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre
minus-squareMagician [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 year agoOh I see. Yeah, that’s a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism.
minus-squarePM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year ago reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism. I think that’s a really sharp observation. There’s probably a good essay to be written about that.
I’m not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre
Oh I see. Yeah, that’s a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism.
I think that’s a really sharp observation. There’s probably a good essay to be written about that.