First, thanks so much for engaging with my articles as I find your articles very thought provoking!
I'm not a video game player, but I've had the Fallout TV series on my Prime Video watchlist for a while now.
(Yes, I’m still an Amazon Prime customer. When it comes to political opponents offering media services, I’m not convinced Amazon or Netflix are yet as bad as Bell or Rogers )
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One thing I keep wondering about in the context of suggestions the US might invade and annex Canada, is if it would ever be needed. I see all the “elbows up” (which some see as very colonial), but that feels like that is a part of Canadian society acting much like a part of US society (Democrats, Liberals, NDP, center/center-left/left , performative progressive, etc) disagreeing on a partisan political basis rather than ideological.
While I believe the British Empire continues in a new form, I don't actually believe it is headquartered in Britain, London, or with the hereditary Monarchy. I believe it is headquartered within the minds of its ideological loyalists, those who are strongly loyal to the worldviews that sparked that empire. It is not like England is geographically large, and yet ideologies that grew from the unique history of that place then spread to dominate several other regions.
In the dystopian vision I discuss in the article, I don’t believe that what is called the USA today would be the “headquarters” of Oceania, or that there would be a need for a headquarters at all.
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I believe at the moment one part of the USA is invading (taking control from) another part of the USA, just as one part of Canada (Blowback from expansion into north-western territories, western alienation, etc) is taking control from another part of Canada. I don’t believe it is different geography or different nation-states that seem to be at war, but different ideologies.
Some call it the "Culture Wars", but I don't think what is currently seen in mainstream culture as the culture wars counts. If both sides are loyal to the same ideologies, and only differ on how "polite" or "honest" they want to be, can there actually be a war?
I believe in order to “fight back” and not continue along the path that we’ve seen for decades, there needs to form an actual “other side” beyond corporate branding and political partisanship.
Great article. For what it's worth, in my high school in California there was no debate about the book being about anything but the London/British empire. But we included America in that...
The dystopian vision in Fallout also talks about the US invading and annexing Canada.
First, thanks so much for engaging with my articles as I find your articles very thought provoking!
I'm not a video game player, but I've had the Fallout TV series on my Prime Video watchlist for a while now.
(Yes, I’m still an Amazon Prime customer. When it comes to political opponents offering media services, I’m not convinced Amazon or Netflix are yet as bad as Bell or Rogers )
—
One thing I keep wondering about in the context of suggestions the US might invade and annex Canada, is if it would ever be needed. I see all the “elbows up” (which some see as very colonial), but that feels like that is a part of Canadian society acting much like a part of US society (Democrats, Liberals, NDP, center/center-left/left , performative progressive, etc) disagreeing on a partisan political basis rather than ideological.
While I believe the British Empire continues in a new form, I don't actually believe it is headquartered in Britain, London, or with the hereditary Monarchy. I believe it is headquartered within the minds of its ideological loyalists, those who are strongly loyal to the worldviews that sparked that empire. It is not like England is geographically large, and yet ideologies that grew from the unique history of that place then spread to dominate several other regions.
In the dystopian vision I discuss in the article, I don’t believe that what is called the USA today would be the “headquarters” of Oceania, or that there would be a need for a headquarters at all.
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I believe at the moment one part of the USA is invading (taking control from) another part of the USA, just as one part of Canada (Blowback from expansion into north-western territories, western alienation, etc) is taking control from another part of Canada. I don’t believe it is different geography or different nation-states that seem to be at war, but different ideologies.
Some call it the "Culture Wars", but I don't think what is currently seen in mainstream culture as the culture wars counts. If both sides are loyal to the same ideologies, and only differ on how "polite" or "honest" they want to be, can there actually be a war?
Curious about your thoughts on https://r.flora.ca/p/woke-racism ?
I believe in order to “fight back” and not continue along the path that we’ve seen for decades, there needs to form an actual “other side” beyond corporate branding and political partisanship.
Great article. For what it's worth, in my high school in California there was no debate about the book being about anything but the London/British empire. But we included America in that...