“Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot.”
“I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should Ever be Forgot!”

It is that time of the year again!

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  • Xariphon@kbin.social
    101·
    10 months ago

    … I’m trying to remember what my gripe was. It’s not anarchist enough? Too much vendetta not enough revolution? Book V had a vision for the future, Movie V only had revenge?

    Fuck me guess it’s time to reread and rewatch and remind myself why I thought that.

    • masquenox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      10 months ago

      I’d love to say that V isn’t much of an anarchist because anarchists are supposed to act in solidarity with the people they are hoping to liberate (which includes themselves) and not unilaterally in the way that V does… but then I remember Alexander Berkman assassinating capitalist Henry Clay Frick without bothering to properly understand the position of the strikers Frick was repressing.

      I’d say that the “super” genre is utterly incompatible with anarchist thought… the “super” genre is, after all, based on individualist power fantasy - something quite useless to someone viewing power relations through an anarchist lens.

      So, there’s that… and I lost all sympathy for V when he shoved Evey in a cell. That’s some straight-up abusive shit right there.