The problem is the people using that phrase usually don't actually understand "the world we live in", so -- ironically -- what they're doing isn't creating a realistic fictional world, but rather a bizarre fictional world designed entirely support their nonsensical worldview.
This is like those B-tier Christian movies that are so common. They're impossible to engage with because you know everything is written to support "the message". This makes it impossible to suspend belief and actually get invested in the story or the characters.
It's the same with the Left. Every piece of fiction they create is about "the message" and has little to no bearing on reality. As such, you feel like you're reading or watching a propaganda piece, not a real story.
I love those Christian movies although to be fair to them, they make it clear they are about the message. The people that take over IPs insist they are respecting the lore or that the race swap actually makes sense. Rian Johnson insisted he respected Luke’s character
There is a decent argument that Pulp Fiction is accidentally a modern take on medieval Christian morality tales. Augustine's rightly ordered loves is God at the top then blood bonds then friends neighbors then material and pleasures, and evil is a result of misordering these loves.
Medieval stories were often told out of order for the sake of the message. The first part, where Jules famously eats the burger, shows evil winning as Vincent and Jules place material gain over love of fellow man. The second part features Vincent about to betray his boss by sleeping with his wife while they are both high, but ends with good prevailing as their loyalty to Wallace is placed above sex and drugs. The third part has Butch putting familial love, the gold watch, over his own safety and material gain. Butch and Marcellus bond over spilling blood, both theirs and others, and the ensuing love resolves their material dispute. The movie ends with Jules placing his faith in God above all else, giving up crime, his money, and sparing the robbers.
The problem is the people using that phrase usually don't actually understand "the world we live in", so -- ironically -- what they're doing isn't creating a realistic fictional world, but rather a bizarre fictional world designed entirely support their nonsensical worldview.
This is like those B-tier Christian movies that are so common. They're impossible to engage with because you know everything is written to support "the message". This makes it impossible to suspend belief and actually get invested in the story or the characters.
It's the same with the Left. Every piece of fiction they create is about "the message" and has little to no bearing on reality. As such, you feel like you're reading or watching a propaganda piece, not a real story.
I love those Christian movies although to be fair to them, they make it clear they are about the message. The people that take over IPs insist they are respecting the lore or that the race swap actually makes sense. Rian Johnson insisted he respected Luke’s character
There is a decent argument that Pulp Fiction is accidentally a modern take on medieval Christian morality tales. Augustine's rightly ordered loves is God at the top then blood bonds then friends neighbors then material and pleasures, and evil is a result of misordering these loves.
Medieval stories were often told out of order for the sake of the message. The first part, where Jules famously eats the burger, shows evil winning as Vincent and Jules place material gain over love of fellow man. The second part features Vincent about to betray his boss by sleeping with his wife while they are both high, but ends with good prevailing as their loyalty to Wallace is placed above sex and drugs. The third part has Butch putting familial love, the gold watch, over his own safety and material gain. Butch and Marcellus bond over spilling blood, both theirs and others, and the ensuing love resolves their material dispute. The movie ends with Jules placing his faith in God above all else, giving up crime, his money, and sparing the robbers.