![]() ![]() ![]() Global warming is the most obvious comparison, but it's really all of capitalism and the exploitation fueling privilege at the cost of others lives and our future. One where the only chance that the rich and elite will do anything, is if they become afraid of an immediate threat so they don't have a chance to focus on trying preserve systems that give them relative advantage. Hell, it's a system previously built up by England, led politically by America, and accelerated and fueled worldwide by China's manufacturing. It's pretty easy to see the analogies for the modern day, where we are all so invested in systems doing horrific harm and damaging the world for future generations, because we can't unilaterally stop the system and don't want to give up the benefits. Instead we have to build up better alternatives even while recognizing it can mean a worse quality of life for the privileged, and they will resist that. Yeah, a lot of traditional story elements like battling the big bad evil sorceress got tossed out to focus instead on the ethics of capitalism and building alternatives.Īnd why simply hating people for their participation in a system that uses things like slavery and exploitation isn't useful, nor is just saying "smash it all". ![]()
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