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DEWas Lovecraft a bad person? Does it matter? Why are we obsessed with good and bad? #Lovecraft #anarchism #dailyinkmonster #darkart
The video I made about HP Lovecraft and Samuel Loveman garnered me A LOT of hatred from bigots angry at me for calling out his racism, and a surprisingly solid amount from people convinced I said "Lovecraft wasn't a bad person".
And while I expected the former, I think it's a bit sad that I also got the latter. We live in a world where known child-abusers get to power by deeming all who oppose them as bad. Corrupt corporations are financing genocide by algorithmic polarization. The cognitive dissonance required to support this system, from either side of mainstream politics, is mind-bending.
To all those who fall for the grift, whether it be the fascist promise of good violence or the liberal promise to contain the bad system, to those who get hoodwincked, there has to be a way back. A way back to humanity.
Systems may be bad. People are people.
Lovecraft is an interesting example to look at, because both in his life and his magnificent art, he explores the fears that drives men to seek the safety of a new dark age, so to speak.
Anyhow... hard topic for a 3 minute video. But... nuance.
@denungeherrholm
