>>5966833>>5980028>>5980088>American LGBT / diversity ideology that does not appear to reflect historical or current realityI mentioned already how if you situate these ideological "reform" movements to reestablish legitimation of governing hierarchy / institutions / elites against past empires faced with excessive debt / economic turmoil, it is not that unusual and in fact quite explainable.
Some might think that inferring narratives of economic decline, societal tension / guilt from TV programmes films fiction videogames Warhammer 40k lol might seem trivial and inconsequential
Let me cite two examples. Recently the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida was in the US addressing Congress:
https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/statement/202404/11speech.htmlAddress by Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio at a Joint Meeting of the United States Congress
(“For the Future: Our Global Partnership”)
April 11, 2024
(excerpt)
>We arrived in the fall of 1963, and for several years my family lived like Americans. My father would take the subway to Manhattan where he worked as a trade official. We rooted for the Mets and the Yankees, and ate hot dogs at Coney Island. On vacation, we would go to Niagara Falls or here to Washington, D.C. >And I remember things that were strange and funny to a little Japanese boy, like watching the Flintstones . . . I still miss that show. Although I could never translate “yabba dabba doo.” (...)Here is another interview, conducted with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan; the interview is ironic as he declared he wanted Ukraine to resemble Israel; in his opinion ‘The Middle East Region Is Quieter Today Than It Has Been in Two Decades’
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/10/16/trial-by-combatJake Sullivan and the White House’s battle to keep Ukraine in the fight.
October 9, 2023
>“As a child of the eighties and ‘Rocky’ and ‘Red Dawn,’ I believe in freedom fighters and I believe in righteous causes, and I believe the Ukrainians have one,” he said. “There are very few conflicts that I have seen—maybe none—in the post-Cold War era . . . where there’s such a clear good guy and bad guy. And we’re on the side of the good guy (...)>He compared the situation to a scene from the first “Austin Powers” movie, in which “there’s a steamroller on the far side of the room, and a guy standing there, holding up his hand, and shouting, ‘No!’ Then they zoom out, and the steamroller is moving incredibly slowly and is really far away.” He added, “I was determined that we were not going to be that guy—just waiting for the steamroller to roll over Ukraine. We were going to act.”I assume policymakers have PR people / speechwriters, to suggest snippets to them to appear relatable to the common populace etc.
The point is that these cultural anchors of values, "Good vs Evil", films, videogames and fiction, shape policymaking, shape perceptions and narratives
