The Second Cold War Is Escalating Faster Than the First
www.bloomberg.com
To understand what is at stake in the fight against the axis of China, Russia and Iran, just read “The Lord of the Rings.”
  • comradecalzone@lemmygrad.ml
    12·
    2 months ago

    The exact same thing about LOTR was repeated in the media ad nauseum in 2003 re: Bush’s axis of evil (North Korea, Iran, and Iraq if memory serves). I see it less as libs moving on and more the media using pieces of fiction that are convenient for their narratives.

    Also the deficit is a myth and that’s not how modern monetary theory works.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      7·
      2 months ago

      For sure, US media seeds cultural memes using fiction which creates ideological anchors, then propagandists use these as hooks to align public opinion with a particular narrative. It’s a really effective approach as it turns out.

    • tarbeez@lemmygrad.ml
      31·
      2 months ago

      Check out The Last Ringbearer by Kirill Eskov. Since the movies, lotr has become part of the west’s cringy lore and you have to deal with that shit even if you try to stay away from it. This book is a nice antidote

      Edit: he he, just realized old mate was talking about the article, not lotr

        • tarbeez@lemmygrad.ml
          5·
          2 months ago

          Hey, who can say what people like JRRT were up to. Trying to create some sense of history for the West to quell its barbarity, and providing fertile ground for new habits and traditions and ways of thinking to grow? Creating some NWO euro supremacy myth for people to larp to? Underpinning the West’s attempt to redo the history of the world in a form that fits its conceits and aspirations of world hegemony and its self image built on other people’s stolen history, or providing a platform for conscious self reflection so they can avoid just that?

          I dunno.

          Good? I don’t think so anyway. But effective, for sure. To what end? Well, so libs can eventually use it like this, for example. Sleeper agent, heh. What’s next, am I gonna hear about how 1984 is actually good, just misappropriated?