• bouh@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Yes, but not as directly as sci-fi can be. We won’t ally with elves to fight orcs in the foreseeable future. We won’t talk to ents or ask a wizard for help. Fantasy is metaphorical in essence. Sci-fi is descriptive, realistic. Yet people still treat it as fantasy.

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      2 months ago

      We won’t ally with elves to fight orcs in the foreseeable future.

      Mhh… maybe not elves, but there is a current war that is often compared to fighting against orcs & Mordor. Although, I do not think dehumanizing even Russian soldiers is a good idea.

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          2 months ago

          oh those people. That’s maybe a bit harsh, even to orcs - although maybe not entirely inaccurate as orcs are basically the offspring of elves tortured for eternity. And I guess the political right often appears full of inner conflicts and contradictions, and trying to blame others for feeling miserable as a result of the weird values they pretend to follow.