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• GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s my personal theory as well. Because we feel powerless we love stories of people who are very powerful and change the world for the better.

  Personally I dislike it for much the same reason the op doesn’t like gaming: it teaches the people the wrong thing. It’s always a some hero saving everyone, never the people who have enough and save the world through unity and the destruction of the system.

  One could almost call it capitalist propaganda

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indeed. The message: you’re helpless. Just sit around and wait to be rescued. Any minute now…

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    • angrystego@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m a superhero movies fan, so let me explain my perspective. The message I take from those stories is not that I should wait for the hero, it’s that I should become one. Even though I don’t have any supernatural powers, I identify with the hero easily and I draw strength from the stories that helps me in real life. For a couple of days after such movie, I feel like I’m able to make the hard but right decisions and stand up for both others and myself. There are different kinds of people, so I understand it doesn’t have the same effect on you, but please consider there are also people like me.

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