Digimon needs to go back to it's roots and do what it does best; act as subtle Maoist propaganda. - ThreadSky

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Digimon needs to go back to it's roots and do what it does best; act as subtle Maoist propaganda.

Just finished. In short it's copaganda. In long, the data squad (digimon police essentially) gets disbanded, but then like half the squad just ends up becoming regular cops. But hey, they did an anti-imperialism and also dethroned god in this season so that's... something? I guess

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hellvalleyskytree.bsky.social•3 days ago

it was maoist propaganda? based

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

hellvalleyskytree.bsky.social•3 days ago

holy shit

baddielynn.bsky.social•3 days ago

Well now I need to watch Digimon Adventure again since I missed that the first time

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

trans.bsky.social•3 days ago

what season is maoist that sounds dope

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

I kinda have a whole shitposting theory about how Digimon Adventures 1 and 2 as well as Digimon Frontiers can be viewed through a lens of Maoist propaganda. Because these season all share the common thread of these kids going from village to village in the digital world listening to problems,

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

helping build sustainable solutions outside of existing power structures all while fighting off the oppressors and building support for their cause of liberation as they do so. Very similar to the Maoist concepts of the guerilla fighters and the mass line. They gain power through these connections

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

they incorporate what they learn in these villages and use it to refine their tactics and reach new levels, in the form of their bond with digimon growing stronger and unlocking new digivolutions

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

Meanwhile if we look at the villains and the usual state of the digital world when the digi-destined first arrive it's usually ruled in a very hierarchical oppressive might makes right kind of rule where dissent is strictly punished

prismaticphoenix.bsky.social•3 days ago

and whatever passion project has captured the interest of whoever is on the top of the hierarchy demands the full power of the digital world behind it. The villain has usually reshaped the digital world to achieve this or is actively reshaping the digital world as the story progresses.

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