I think the thing that this avoids is there isn't much INSPIRATIONAL or REFLECTIVE escapism, especially domestically made in the West.
Anime at least still has the 'blessing of Abe' so a lot of the work reinforces families and traditional values as they want more babies.
But a lot of Western escapism is made either for easy gratification or reinforcing leftist ideology. Thankfully due to other options, those once great sources of escapism (star wars/trek, doctor who) are failing into irrelevancy. THAT is the bigger poison, insuring nothing to inspire to be or make you want to reflect on yourself.
They're actively killing our modern myths, which destroys our morale. We try to find new sources of cultural health to increase our morale, which in effect leads to the constant search for escapism and fantasy.
It's like we're fleeing a wildfire of cultural destruction and have gotten addicted to running.
I think the thing that this avoids is there isn't much INSPIRATIONAL or REFLECTIVE escapism, especially domestically made in the West.
Anime at least still has the 'blessing of Abe' so a lot of the work reinforces families and traditional values as they want more babies.
But a lot of Western escapism is made either for easy gratification or reinforcing leftist ideology. Thankfully due to other options, those once great sources of escapism (star wars/trek, doctor who) are failing into irrelevancy. THAT is the bigger poison, insuring nothing to inspire to be or make you want to reflect on yourself.
They're actively killing our modern myths, which destroys our morale. We try to find new sources of cultural health to increase our morale, which in effect leads to the constant search for escapism and fantasy.
It's like we're fleeing a wildfire of cultural destruction and have gotten addicted to running.