#Civilization weaponizes shame against those it oppresses to dissuade them from finding common ground and resisting it

[starbuck]

Watch Ravenous (1999) while thinking hard about the themes of Truth and Shame and maybe you’ll calm down

#or maybe you’ll get increasingly more agitated as you slowly lose your mind… who’s to say! #it’s truly soooooooo upsetting #the FIRST line in the movie is a lie told by the US military to further glorify itself #where’s that Black Sails quote about Civilization pruning imperfections from its vine (WILDLY paraphrasing)? bc that’s what it is #and then looking at each character and their relationship to Shame is sooooooooo fascinating #i’m just. #like. i couldn’t be being any more Black Sails about this but hear me out: i’m RIGHT #Civilization weaponizes shame against those it oppresses to dissuade them from finding common ground and resisting it #it encourages its subjects to view failings as the fault of individuals as opposed to systemic failings injustices and cruelties #that’s all in there if you know where to look #and if you watch the deleted scenes lol #this probably makes zero sense without them but they are Necessary #and again - i’m happy to link them to anyone - just hmu #ravenous 1999