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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The third book is basically "women can't make the hard, necessary decisions that men can" so that's going to be fun to see how the show does it.

Yes, I didn't get that far but I sensed vibes of this kind of suffocating betrayal of a genuine interest in the human condition early on in the TV show.

I don't like the show so I don't want to slap anyone in the face with these words but I also have a hard time seeing this any other way shrugs

Leftism and femininity are portrayed with a childlike understanding by the TV show in my opinion, and honestly I think at times the TV show seemed like it was struggling to even differentiate between the two in the first place it seems to have so little interest in actually engaging with different perspectives.

It genuinely alarms me how many people unironically love The Three Body Problem TV show and books though and excitedly recommend them to me without conveying any of this context (I live in the US). I don't say that lightly, it is one of those moments where you surface from the cult you are stuck in (that you yourself are still hopelessly devoted to in so many subconscious ways you are yet unwinding) and realize how warped everything is from reality or a basic understanding of the human condition.

We are drowning in a complex toxic masculinity, one that extends just as easily to women and people who do not identify as men and it intertwines with colonialism, jingoism, xenophobia and a host of other -isms that participated in foreclosing my generation's future.

If you like the show I am not trying to dunk on you, I am part of the same delusion, this is just one instance where I can perceive said delusion clearly. Art is many things and The Three Body Problem has many other parts to it that you may find enjoyable that aren't related to this, no judgement I am just pointing out how far US society has decayed through the context of this particular show.