The fascist state of Paw Patrol | Matthew Walther | The Critic Magazine
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  • ChicoSuave@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I was excited for a breakdown of Paw Patrol as a fascist state but the author is clearly trying to accuse the show of events or plots that never happen. None of the villains to the show are ever imprisoned for their crimes. The only police is a dog that just shoots a net or winch, he has no handcuffs or radio or any other police equipment. He has a camera phone for video calls but never seems to use it except to call Ryder.

    The article wants to make Adventure Bay out to be Guantanamo Bay but it fails on so many fronts that it’s hard to accept any point it tries to make.

    • jasondj@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Really if anything adventure bay is an example of a government effectively providing services and doing so in an inclusive way (though this may be because the mayor of Adventure Bay is a black lesbian).

      It’s also important to remember that the entirety of the paw patrol, sans their subcontractors, were unhoused dogs who were given shelter and training on Ryder’s dime.

      Speaking of money, we know now, from the first movie, that most of their funding comes from merchandising, but there’s no way that kid got started on his own, either. And we never hear about his parents. It’s possible his parents are dead and like…Wayne family wealthy…but I suspect most of the seed money for what would become Paw Patrol likely came from grants.

      And look at the paw patrols employment. DEI as fuck. Sure, police, fire, and construction are caricatures of themselves…but the rest?

      Pilot? Female. Very uncommon profession for women.

      Refuse and recycling? He’s a mudblood.

      Underwater operations? Non-binary AND black.

      Adventure Bay is not authoritarian. If anything it’s a far-left utopia. You want to see authoritarian, look to Foggy Bottom. Or Adventure City under Humdingers administration.

      Nah. Paw Patrol ain’t authoritarian. They’re ANTIFA AF.