Hmm, not sure I agree with the logic here. Firstly, slavery is not exactly something that's rare outside of 'Western' civilisation and (unfortunately) dates bac

Hmm, not sure I agree with the logic here. Firstly, slavery is not exactly something that's rare outside of 'Western' civilisation and (unfortunately) dates back to the near beginning of human society, with examples in basically every culture under the sun. If this 'fear of robots' really was connected to slavery, you'd expect that to be a theme across Africa, South America and the Middle East as much as it is against 'Western' societies. Heck, you'd expect themes of robot uprisings and being overthrown by their creations to be common in all kinds of deeply unequal societies if that's where the idea originated from. Where are all the Terminator esque franchises coming from South Africa or Saudi Arabia or what not? I also question whether the following is accurate as well: 1. Whether Western works are more likely to have killer robots/robot uprisings than Japanese ones. 2. Whether Western society in general really shows more fear of robots. 3. Whether other societies are more likely to see themselves as 'part' of nature rather than something beyond it. For the former, well there are quite a few works made in Japan with the plot revolving around killer robots or what not, just as there are quite a few works made in 'Western' societies featuring heroic or everyday robots. How many examples would we need to make a judgement one way or the other? If you're going on examples you know, well perhaps Japanese robot stories have robots turn evil more because they're 'hacked' than because they turn against humanity of their own accord. I mean, that's the setup for basically every Mega Man game. Plus the setup for last year's The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild. Either way, the concepts aren't exactly exclusive to one or another, as these pages show: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurnedAgainstTheirMasters https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TurnedAgainstThe... https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RobotWar https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RobotWar It's also questionable whether the portrayals of robots in culture (or the sensationalist journalism seen online) really means that one society fears robots and intelligent machines more than another. Perhaps the general concept is just kind of interesting/entertaining, in the same sense as a medieval fantasy story involving a hero taking down some demonic monster is. And the latter... well I'm not convinced by that either. Seems like a cliche you see in all kinds of media about how 'closer to nature' less developed tribes are or what not. Either way, not convinced by this article at all.