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brileigh
@brileigh
something I’ve been struggling to put into words lately is how disconnected I feel to the media around us in movies, books, etc. like everytime I go to a contemporary book store, all I pick up is novels involving various tragedies of abuse, r@pe, death, poverty, struggling artist etc. and I’m not *trying* to find them, it’s just everywhere It just gets to a certain point where I don’t want to re-traumatize myself of all the stuff I’ve already experienced in life and still go through?? It’s not like I need escapist euphoria either but it seems reflective of how people want to feel or are being conditioned to feel and I just feel disconnected lately I also wonder if this is something that is representative of a democratic victim identity mindset? Like I genuinely wonder how someone who is far right has felt over the last 4+ years when it comes to finding media they consume. not necessarily saying this is a bad thing either, I think these stories are important in their own way
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polymutex
@polymutex.eth
The world lacks a shared optimistic vision for the future. I think it's a huge part in why there exists a collective societal malaise. IMO the best movie that has done this in recent years is The Wandering Earth 2. It shows all nations acting together towards fixing a planet-wide problem with technology.
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polymutex
@polymutex.eth
And yes, it's telling that this movie comes from China. With the media culture in much of the western world, it seems like a techno-optimist movie would not make it past the conceptual stage. Relatedly, here's a video I wish was its own documentary movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o48X3_XQ9to
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