I'm not sure if this is exactly it, but the "Wanting It All" subsection from the Communism in Wonderland chapter provides the same kind of rhetorical ammo.
I remember seeing a 4chan comment of some Indian essentially willing to prostrate himself at the feet of neo-nazis as long as they got rid of the Muslims
I don't think it does, but I guess if you don't have much scope to engage in any action irl, it's far from the worst thing that you can do with your time. That's what I tell myself anyway
I dunno if "it wasn't supposed to", but the Bilbo/Galadriel ring scenes from The Fellowship of the Ring lived rent-free in my head and continued to haunt me throughout childhood
Yeah, most def. I find myself unable to consume most english-language content because of how deeply they are intertwined with the ideological underpinnings of Empire and capitalism. This, in turn, means that I have no capacity to contribute in conversations surrounding media consumption, alienating me even further