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Date Posted: 20:13:55 3/27/23 Mon
Author: Jasper
Subject: Esoteric, esoterica, Esoterikos

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A similar example of liberal idealism may be seen in Star Wars, of course – set in a galaxy dominated by an oppressive, omnipotent empire in which the rebels on the side of “good” liberal values like democracy. The series, likewise, is an example of pop culture’s capacity to engineer the dominant political ideology.

The virtues espoused by these works of fiction, taken one by one, are not necessarily wrong in these works of fiction.

But because they are slyly presented in archetypal art, they have a way of being absorbed subconsciously without critical analysis. One reflexively – ask any millennial male – identifies with the rebels of Star Wars fighting the good fight against the enemies of human freedom.

Without critical analysis, then, it’s possible for the state to cloak its dangerous, anti-democratic, exploitative practices in the language of liberalism with none of the substance that justifies liberalism.

For instance, the justification of various corporate state products under the auspices of “defending democracy.”

One is forced to wonder: if and when China ascends to a position of global hegemony, and becomes a mass exporter of culture in the same way America has been since WWII, what values will it instill in its propaganda?

Which has it already?

One shudders at the possibilities.

These, and others, are the pitfalls of art-as-propaganda, regardless of how well-intended any one creator may be.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-03-27/art-propaganda-message-embedded-star-trek

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