I was done with it when I noticed they pushed near subliminal garbage like this.
Because, you see, violent nazis care about freedom, guns and god.
Discussion
Spoiler alert.
For balance, keep in mind that the show’s direct AOC-equivalent is secretly a violent assassin.
But more broadly, that’s not the point. The Nazi character was an expert in messaging and social media, and was purposely wrapping Nazi ideology in a broader message that appealed to the political right; it wasn’t saying that those broader things are Nazi ideology.
I generally liked the show, but I felt like it got a bit messier in the later seasons, and the underlying meanings and messaging became more distorted in my opinion. There was a lot of grey area going on which made it hard to identify with characters, and overall I thought it lost some of its wit and edge. Still very enjoyable though and will definitely be watching again.
I thought the message was pretty clear. Violent supporters of a psychopath value these things.
I saw someone manipulating a crowd with social media but definitely not an Aoc-equivalent.
Spoiler alert.
Keep in mind that after Homelander outed Maeve’s sexuality, Vought Corporation purposely pushed all sorts of fake pride stuff. Their theme park was a pride/woke fest. Their media had unnecessary rainbows on all sorts of shit. They even had like Woke Cafe in the theme park or something with Woke in the name. The point is that it was all fake to appeal to a base for that character. The same was true for the right- the Nazi character was pushing her extreme ideology but with careful language to appeal to the right.
I view the main point being around the topic of misinformation. It’s easy to propagandize the masses, easy to spread false info and make echo chambers, and those expressing the information often have different goals than the ones absorbing it, unknown to the ones absorbing it.
I don’t think everything has to be seen through a political lens. I view it more through character development. A majority of screenwriters broadly as a profession lean left. A rated R violent kill fest is nowhere near the left end of the spectrum overall.
Thanks for taking the time giving me your perspective. (I'm kind of jealous of the innocence)
As a note, another comment or in my thread pointed out that one of the reasons they liked the show was due to the *lack* of “SJW” themes.
So one commentor thinks it’s too socially anti-right, and another commentator appreciates it because it didn’t go too socially left.
If we step outside of viewing all art through a political lens, I consider this to be signal.