Oh, I notice that I also have done this sort of thing with a bunch of recent tv/films/content.
There’s a habit of modern content that, when it gets politicized, will “mimic argument”. It will pretend to show sincere dialogue and debate, but it will fully swing the deck against one side and in favor of the other, and straightforwardly imply that the other side is unethical.
I can watch political art that I disagree with, I can even put up with good art that has bad political art inside of it, but when it attempts to distort what good faith dialogue is in order to win an argument, I just turn it off. I don’t want to simulate that character/perspective or have a dialogue with them/it in my head.[1]
I can immediately think of four times I’ve done this with shows/content I otherwise greatly enjoyed and admire. I just don’t want to learn to simulate them.
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[1] Writing this out, I realize it’s straightforward darkside epistemology.
Maybe that is one way how entertainment manipulates public opinion: By creating memorable (=easily emulable) characters that become shoulder ‘influencers’ that promote the official narrative right in the heads of the populace.
Okay, because you asked AllAmericanBreakfast. Though I am not likely to follow-up discuss the specifics of each. Recent examples include the last season of Brooklyn Nine Nine and Bo Burnham’s “Inside”.
Oh, I notice that I also have done this sort of thing with a bunch of recent tv/films/content.
There’s a habit of modern content that, when it gets politicized, will “mimic argument”. It will pretend to show sincere dialogue and debate, but it will fully swing the deck against one side and in favor of the other, and straightforwardly imply that the other side is unethical.
I can watch political art that I disagree with, I can even put up with good art that has bad political art inside of it, but when it attempts to distort what good faith dialogue is in order to win an argument, I just turn it off. I don’t want to simulate that character/perspective or have a dialogue with them/it in my head.[1]
I can immediately think of four times I’ve done this with shows/content I otherwise greatly enjoyed and admire. I just don’t want to learn to simulate them.
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[1] Writing this out, I realize it’s straightforward darkside epistemology.
Maybe that is one way how entertainment manipulates public opinion: By creating memorable (=easily emulable) characters that become shoulder ‘influencers’ that promote the official narrative right in the heads of the populace.
I would love an example, though I realize there are several reasons you might not want to put one out there!
Okay, because you asked AllAmericanBreakfast. Though I am not likely to follow-up discuss the specifics of each. Recent examples include the last season of Brooklyn Nine Nine and Bo Burnham’s “Inside”.
Thanks!