On Reddit, there are two ways to see Russian people: Brainwashed toddlers who have no idea what’s going on in Ukraine or hordes of viscous, evil orcs (the amount of Tolkien lingo I’ve seen to describe this conflict is disturbing. I don’t think he’d want anything to do with it.) that should be destroyed. On Twitter, it’s common to see Ukranian journalists, probably Nazi simps themselves, call for the average Russian civillian to be punished and equate their culture to some warlike barbarian tribe. And on Facebook, you can just say “Kill all Russians” and get away with it.
Like I always knew that the West was slowly sliding into fascism, but I did expect it to happen this quickly.
The generic action hero story schema in movies, anime, and video games do enforce the ego-centric “we good, opposition bad” mentality, but there are also types of story like a genre of comidic parody that makes fun of established themes in generic stories like “Adam Ruins Everything”. There are new isekai anime/manga that question the ego-centrism like “Konosuba” or “Death Mage Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time”.
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