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this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2024
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I was going to start this by writing something like "i guess we both don't have anything better to do than argue about some shitty cartoon no one is going to even remember in five years so lets go on" but then i came to my senses, so I'll keep this as brief as possible:
there's nothing good about suggesting that random violence against people in power is going to solve any of the problems capitalism causes. the idea itself is reactionary. that the idea itself seems to manifest itself into a mainstream show is bad. any random acts of vigilantism (even though we might find joy in them) is just going to be met with increased state violence, surveillance and reaction.
when a show like the simpsons (or even rick and morty) endlessly defers the problems, lampshading that fact and deus ex machina-ing them, that is actually a much better and productive thing to do than pretending to solve them through false means.