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The Purge: Election Year
I find it funny that this movie came out in 2016, when Trump won the office for his first term. Like the other Purge film I talked about, the symbolism is in-your-face, criticizing the current government and begging people to trust the system and using their vote to change things rather than taking direct action.…
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The Purge: Anarchy
As I watched it, I was laughing to myself. No wonder it is so popular a series. For people like me, it’s a criticism of the government putting systems in place that fuck over the lower class in order to build a world where those on top stay on top, enjoying the fruits of the…
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That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
I’m not a bad slime! Proceeds to become a demon lord.
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A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with my Mighty Grimoires #3
Female Lead: I’m going to destroy my home country in revenge for the humiliation they’ve wrought, and make them regret taking everything away from me. Me reading the first two volumes: Oh through capitalism? Female Lead in book 3: No, through murder.
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A Livid Lady’s Guide to Getting Even: How I Crushed My Homeland with My Mighty Grimoires #1-2
Here we go: a typical beginning for a Villainess series. And just like many, the people fucked around… …and they are about to find out. She has the beloved hyper competence of the power fantasy heroine, alongside a huge amount of actual power to back her up. And also, I suppose she has a sense…
Trope: All Hail Capitalism
Wherein capitalism is either introduced or used as the touchstone for a fictional economy, and the power of being incredible at Capitalism and Marketing only adds to the main character’s power. Occasionally subverted by watering it down to create a more socialist ideal.
