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This opposed to something like The Odyssey that derives its morality not from anything of the time the story takes place or even any kind of ironic juxtaposition, but from modern cliches.
War is bad...because we're told it's bad.
Colonization is bad. Masculinity is bad.
Weirdly violence is okay as long as it's used by either non-masculine males (like Eliot Page) who is described as 'the greatest soldier' or by Ulysses against the stuck up rich people because rich people are bad.
There's no nuance, no exploration, and no empathy. People are assumed to be on the lower end of the wealth scale (or at least happy to declare themselves there) emphasizing only with people based on their income, their social status, and whether or not they support killing because of obligation...or killing out of personal interest. Apparently personal interest is morally superior.
It's not a parable, it's propaganda. The world warps to suit an outcome.
It's like Pirates of The Caribbean trying to argue that the poor murderous thieving pirates are VICTIMS compared to the big bad East India Trading Company for the crime of being...less diverse?
It's like The Mandalorian and Grogu literally cheering on the unsanctioned bombing of a planet by the Rebel Alliance because 'they're the good guys'.
It's like the heroic aliens in the Avatar movies recently demanding that an ancient goddess kill all humans everywhere. Because genocide is okay if the HEROES do it.
Frankly this drifting from protagonists with interesting motives and checkered stories to remorseful but equally villainous 'heroes' with victimhood exemptions is destroying my interest in contemporary works.