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Why is the dragon evil? What is it doing that is evil? Why is what it is doing considered evil? (Making an assumption): does a man attempt to stop its evil w
by apocalypstyx 8y ago
Why is the dragon evil? What is it doing that is evil? Why is what it is doing considered evil? (Making an assumption): does a man attempt to stop its evil ways? A woman? Individuals? A collective of some sort?
(Switching slightly to ideology, obviously one of the roots / informers of politics) There is, I doubt, anything outside of the realm of ideology, in regards to anything within human perception [a rock may be a rock, but a rock considered by the human intellect will always be something more, in one way or another]. And the deepest point of ideology (as with the old saw about asking a fish how the water is today) is when we don't recognize it at all.
So the valiant knight rescues the princess (a story that most [at least at one time] would find apolitical, common-sensical, and non-political and non-ideological). But if the princess rescues the princess, now we've become political. If the prince and princess get married at the end, the same. But if the prince and the prince...
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- freshhawk 8y agocough Iron Dragon's Daughter cough At this point I just translate "I want apolitical art" to "I want my politics re-affirmed" in my head. The majority of people are still stuck in the whole End of History/"We are post-ideological" trap and it is a remarkably sticky ideology. I'm not sure if it is the deepest point of ideology or just an innovation of this particular one that makes it very successful. It isn't unreasonable to want to read some un-challenging escapist fiction after all, and if you have this world view you don't know how to express that. When admitting they are taking a political stance, especially a pro-status quo one, is itself a challenge to their politics ...