I'm really tired of seeing this show in leftist spaces. You are witnessing the procession of simulacra in real time, and it's one of your symbols now. The machine is eating your ideology. Disney is the probably the largest producer of treats in the world. They are the undisputed masters of hyperreality. All this milquetoast rhetoric is in there on purpose. Joe Hamburger likes Andor too. Joe Hamburger is listening to leftist thought be watered down until it's palettable for him, until it's sanitized and safe for him to consume.
I don't disagree and this is purely anecdotal, but I know comrades who were radicalized by this show and became very active in local orgs. Even if it's just a treat, this type of media can open the door for real theory to sink in where the door would normally remain closed. We all have to start somewhere.
That has been my experience as well. The show has made people in my life more open to theory.
I'm really tired of seeing this show in leftist spaces. You are witnessing the procession of simulacra in real time, and it's one of your symbols now. The machine is eating your ideology. Disney is the probably the largest producer of treats in the world. They are the undisputed masters of hyperreality. All this milquetoast rhetoric is in there on purpose. Joe Hamburger likes Andor too. Joe Hamburger is listening to leftist thought be watered down until it's palettable for him, until it's sanitized and safe for him to consume.
I don't disagree and this is purely anecdotal, but I know comrades who were radicalized by this show and became very active in local orgs. Even if it's just a treat, this type of media can open the door for real theory to sink in where the door would normally remain closed. We all have to start somewhere.
That has been my experience as well. The show has made people in my life more open to theory.