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I think it's also part knowing a better world is possible while struggling to see the middle portion to get there. It'll be nice to be reincarnated into a world where you're better off financially and you can get a job you want to do and that job would grant you a better standard of living.
And then you throw away a lot of the bullshit we accumulate in a society so blatantly driven by capitalism.
Some people are frustrated and want to start over on a more even playing field. And some of those people also believe that even playing field would let them have a waifu.
Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of the isekai stuff out there is shallow slop, but I also think the popularity of escapist fantasy is resonant to material conditions.
I'm not dissing escapism in general, just the popularity of this particularly unimaginative and often problematic genre
Oh I see. Yeah, that's a pretty clear distinction. That part of the genre has dehumanizing wish-fulfillment vibes that reminds me a lot of romanticizing colonialism.
I think that's a really sharp observation. There's probably a good essay to be written about that.