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99% of our movies involve "the good guy" beating down "the bad guy". It's some kind of deep-rooted psychological thing. Permanent pubescent power fantasies. I
by swayvil 3y ago
99% of our movies involve "the good guy" beating down "the bad guy".
It's some kind of deep-rooted psychological thing. Permanent pubescent power fantasies.
Is it a plague of bad taste? A conspiracy to make everybody dumber?
- fnimick 3y agoMy personal take is that it's a stress response in the US. Our society and economic system has evolved to put the vast majority of people one or two paychecks away from poverty. When you feel like your life is miserable, and you have no hope of improving it, it feels good to see righteous violence done to someone lesser.
- swayvil 3y agoThat's an interesting idea. Stress is a drug in this way. Affecting our emotions and how we see and think.