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What artistic works have changed your political worldview? (feddit.uk)
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Not counting non-fiction. Are there any novels, poems, movies etc. that have realigned or punched holes in your political leanings, rather than reinforced them?

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[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 3 points 3 hours ago

Not really changed, my views, but it absolutely influenced them. Reading "thee good human from Sezuan" by Berthold Brecht (famous German writer) devinetively influenced my ways on how bad capitalism really is. The book is over 200 Years old and it is still fitting. There is so much in sometimes small details, that really shows why capitalism sucks ass. I can only recommend reading, and even more important, a slysing it.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Picasso's "La Guernica"

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Children of Men (movie) made me realize/understand the great global despair that comes with human unsustainability.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

it solidified my belief that humans are greedy self-serving goblins that would doom the human race just to feel important or powerful.

there are exceptions to the rule, but the rule still stands.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Today's xkcd is pretty terrifying. Even more so with the context.

It more reinforced it.

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 38 points 23 hours ago

https://xkcd.com/3081

For those curious

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 14 points 21 hours ago

You beat me to it. There's something particularly effective about someone who basically never swears dropping a single "fuck" into a sentence and I get the same feeling here.

[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Johnny Silverhand did nothing wrong.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Cyberpunk 2077 is better than GTA 5

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

if only either game had good driving mechanics.

[–] bananabenana@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

Undoubtedly. There's not many games I'd put above it.

[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Chumbawumba. All of their songs and lyrics have aged perfectly, terrifyingly so.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 40 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] Penrose3@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

Bill Watterson was my childhood philosopher.

[–] CarnivorousCouch@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Atlas Shrugged changed my political beliefs entirely when I read it as a teenager. Real life experience and empathy changed it back again a few years later, thankfully. It's tough when you're young, recognizing that the world is flawed and searching for something that might be an answer.

It's not quite the same because I was never any kind of ardent "pro-nuke" activist, but the movie Threads took me from a position of resigned ambivalence regarding the existence of nuclear weapons to a strong believer in global disarmament. If anyone is neutral on the topic of nuclear weapons, I'd suggest they give it a watch.

[–] Blemgo@lemmy.world 1 points 48 minutes ago

Fun fact about Ayn Rand: BioShock was partly inspired by her philosophy, or rather how disastrous it would be.

Another fun fact about her: at the end of her life, she got financial aid froß the government under a fake name.

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 11 points 21 hours ago

Good for you on overcoming Rand's bullshit worldview. And, yeah, Threads is still terrifying all these years later. That, and When The Wind Blows.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Dispossessed. I am now an anarchist.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good answer. Will have to check that out (only read Earthsea so far)

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

When you finish it, look to The Left Hand of Darkness.

Also, there is a postscript/short story that serves as a prequel to Dispossessed. The Day Before the Revolution. Do not read it first.

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Reading LHOD at the moment! About half way through. Really interesting concepts

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Once you are done, consider the date it was published.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

The 2002 film El Crimen de Padre Amaro did a lot of the heavy lifting on turning me around on keeping pregnancy termination legal. I saw it in the theater because I was with a bunch of Hispanophones and that was the only film playing in Spanish at the time. It was so powerful. It's the kind of movie you only watch once, though.

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

This blue square for which I can't find a better source for.

No, not really, that was a joke.

[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

this is my favorite John comic

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

How do I report this post for hurting my feelings?

[–] NKBTN@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Pic unrelated. Apparently I had to add one before posting so this is just the latest pic I was sent.