Re:Fake it till you make it: the wolves of Instagram
by chiefalchemist on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:30PM
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I think, in a way, FC and The Matrix were the msg. That is, be complicit and conform, as zombies so. Or don't, and be alive, be yourself.
Sure there are particulars. But is FC's consuming consumer that much different (metaphorically) from being a battery for the machines?
I don't think so.
* A generation of men raised with absent father figures is leading to listless depression.
* Every person has an idealized version of themselves in their head where they are powerful and purposeful.
* Modern middle class culture has no real danger in it, and we have lost our connection to the world of physical violence and dominance.
* Living for the acquisition of more IKEA furniture is a poor life decision.
And so on and so forth. Like most decently thoughtful and provocative film and writing it throws a lot of things at you and makes you think and reconsider your values a little. It has a lot of messages, some contradictory, some confusing or banal, and some intriguing.