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IronBird@lemmy.world 1 day agowanton violence doesn’t really work, this has been tried before. you need precise and well thought out violence. last i bother to check, something like 70-80% of the $ behind far-right america comes from like <20 people
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 19 hours ago
Where did they mention wanton violence? That’s not what anarchism is, and that’s also not what’s portrayed in V for Vendetta.
IronBird@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
been awhile since i watched V for Vendetta, in my memory is basically just The Purge with accents and a little more monologuing
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 18 hours ago
You should give it another viewing. There’s violence, but it’s not just random murder for its own sake like in The Purge. The protagonist carries out a series of targeted assassinations against people who were involved in detaining and experimenting on him in a concentration camp, and blows up a couple of empty buildings at the beginning and end of the movie in a symbolic act of defiance against a fascist regime. There’s a bit towards the end where he ships a bunch of guy fawkes masks to everyone and there’s some robbing and looting, but no killing until a secret police guy shoots an unarmed child in the street and some people jump him. The plot overall is about people rising up against and toppling a fascist regime, which is pretty relevant to current events.