#and now they've turned her into a literal supervillain in their most popular & heavily-advertised tv show

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

thinking about how season 2 of the amazon original The Boys features not only a literal feminazi (as in, a progressive feminist character who is revealed to be an actual member of hitler's inner circle) but also a congresswoman character who is very obviously meant to serve as a stand-in for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez—and who in the season finale is revealed to be an evil supervillain responsible for terrorist attacks on american soil.

I have some concerns.

#not a shitpost #the boys #the boys season 2 #the boys spoilers #oh i wonder if this could have ANYTHING to do with the fact #with the fact that one of the first things AOC did in office was prevent amazon from receiving $3B in tax breaks #during their attempt to expand into New York #an attempt that would have cost taxpayers heavily due to the fact that amazon jobs are so abusive #that most workers have to rely on food stamps and government assistance just to barely survive #amazon is bad fucking news and AOC fought like hell to keep them out of her state #and now they've turned her into a literal supervillain in their most popular & heavily-advertised tv show #and people are somehow fine with it #because the show producers use the exact same technique that they did with the (again. LITERAL) femanazi #they introduce this progressive character as likeable. as one of the good guys. #bc who could object to that? #and then--oh what an exciting twist! the feminist and the progressive female politician are actually evil incarnate #you know what superpower they gave her in the show? #making people's heads explode. she literally murders people by exploding their heads. that is her superpower #I feel like we should maybe be more concerned than one of the most abusive & invasive corporations on the globe #is also investing heavily in producing its own media #and also that jeff bozo owns the Washington Post. #this should be illegal. at the very LEAST we should be talking about it. #anyway good morning and welcome to another day of We Live In A Dystopia #oh well don't worry. it's just fiction. it's not like it means anything. it's not like it influences the way that people think and feel #it's not like propaganda has ever had any noticeable impact on the health and well-being of a society