SJW politics naturally destroys any cultural institution that it infects. SJW ideology is quite literally a cultural cancer; a fact that is easily demonstrated.
Given that normal people also sought to escape the same kinds of worthless cultural re-education in Soviet gulags, this should come as no surprise.
Since the SJW contagion has now metastasized within Lucasfilm, we can fully expect to see what I call the Social Justice Repulsion Effect happen with the Star Wars franchise as well. In fact, it has already begun.
The truly amusing part of this whole biofeedback machine, is that the SJWs currently staffed within Lucasfilm will see the backlash as a great success. SJWs will delude themselves into thinking that they’re pissing off all the right people. Who are all the right people? I have compiled the unabridged SJW gripe list and provide it here for your convenience:
Of course, none of that makes any kind of coherent sense, but that’s the inherent nature of the uneducated SJW mentality that normal people have to cope with. They’re pre-programmed to involuntarily squawk these words in response to various stimuli without regard to what the words actually mean. In any case, the above list represents how the SJW employees at Lucasfilm view every backlasher who writes a letter, posts a blog, or uploads a video in protest to their content. Just ask them.They’ll tell you, if they can bear to acknowledge your existence at all. So they’re almost guaranteed to double down on social justice messaging.
Jack Kenrick from squawker.org also identifies this phenomenon in an article entitled, Star Wars Fans Seem To Hate The Last Jedi And SJW’s Couldn’t Be Happier About It. In it he writes:
Immediately upon publishing this blog post, I discovered that SC Reviews was discussing another article that echoes many of the same things I’ve been writing about on this blog. Paul Cheung writes an article at fee.org entitled, “The Last Jedi” and the Politicization of Storytelling. In it, he writes:
3 thoughts on “The Social Justice Repulsion Effect Takes Hold Of The Star Wars Franchise”
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“But the truth is that identity politics is the kryptonite that saps the joy out of all it touches.”
…and this:
“One reason is that archetypes and the mythic storytelling form never lose relevance. They are timeless and universal. By contrast, loading a film with political messaging for 2018, using it as a vessel to comment on current events, makes its relevance transient. Ironically, Johnson’s attempt to “update” the saga is precisely what caused his entry to feel dated at an accelerated pace.”
Two statements which distill much of what viewers are trying to make clear to the disinterested overseers.
That you for continuing to bear the torch for one of the best things to come out of our modern culture.
Then I would ask why you ever became a Star Wars fan to begin with, since this has always been the foundational myth of Star Wars. Joseph Cambell has talked about this at great length, how Star Wars follows the age-old Hero’s Journey as expressed in ancient Greek Myths and the Arthurian Legends. It’s a very archetypal outline: an evil king has a son, the evil king banished his infant son because he’s afraid that the son will one day usurp his power, the son runs into a mentor under whom he trains to become a warrior, the son grows into adulthood and returns to defeat the evil king and claim the throne. That’s why Star Wars struck such a chord in people and gave it the staying power it has had. It’s an age-old archetypal story.
Without that, what we have is little more than geeks twirling lightsabers in cute cosplay outfits.
Remember, the foundational core of the Star Wars story is the Hero’s Journey as described by Joseph Campbell; an ancient archetypal narrative that strikes a deep chord in humanity, hence its longevity for thousands of years without adapting. Tampering with that archetypal narrative in order to serve the petty small-minded political fashion trends of the moment can only be a recipe for disaster.
If you want to gain a full understanding of why Star Wars struck such a primal chord and became as popular as it did, and why the replacement of primal archetypal structure with small minded social justice politics will bring the franchise to its knees, then this is essential viewing.
This…
“But the truth is that identity politics is the kryptonite that saps the joy out of all it touches.”
…and this:
“One reason is that archetypes and the mythic storytelling form never lose relevance. They are timeless and universal. By contrast, loading a film with political messaging for 2018, using it as a vessel to comment on current events, makes its relevance transient. Ironically, Johnson’s attempt to “update” the saga is precisely what caused his entry to feel dated at an accelerated pace.”
Two statements which distill much of what viewers are trying to make clear to the disinterested overseers.
That you for continuing to bear the torch for one of the best things to come out of our modern culture.
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Indeed. I’ve written similar things myself here:
Then I would ask why you ever became a Star Wars fan to begin with, since this has always been the foundational myth of Star Wars. Joseph Cambell has talked about this at great length, how Star Wars follows the age-old Hero’s Journey as expressed in ancient Greek Myths and the Arthurian Legends. It’s a very archetypal outline: an evil king has a son, the evil king banished his infant son because he’s afraid that the son will one day usurp his power, the son runs into a mentor under whom he trains to become a warrior, the son grows into adulthood and returns to defeat the evil king and claim the throne. That’s why Star Wars struck such a chord in people and gave it the staying power it has had. It’s an age-old archetypal story.
Without that, what we have is little more than geeks twirling lightsabers in cute cosplay outfits.
https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/02/12/the-force-is-now-meaningless/
Remember, the foundational core of the Star Wars story is the Hero’s Journey as described by Joseph Campbell; an ancient archetypal narrative that strikes a deep chord in humanity, hence its longevity for thousands of years without adapting. Tampering with that archetypal narrative in order to serve the petty small-minded political fashion trends of the moment can only be a recipe for disaster.
https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/02/14/an-explanation-falls-short/
Actually it was codified by Joseph Campbell, as a distillation of 6000 years of multi-cultural human mythology. That’s why it’s so archetypal.
https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/03/09/male-feminist-accidentally-focuses-on-male-privilege-phantoms/
If you want to gain a full understanding of why Star Wars struck such a primal chord and became as popular as it did, and why the replacement of primal archetypal structure with small minded social justice politics will bring the franchise to its knees, then this is essential viewing.
https://disneystarwarsisdumb.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/the-power-of-myth-now-available-digitally/
Thanks for commenting on my blog! We’re all bearing the torch together.
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