there is a feeling of shift in the air over this case. Let’s see what happens, and I certainly could be wrong, but it feels like something has changed.
In the very same vein, we are seeing things like this:
Regular people are fighting back, and refusing (often at great personal risk, I must say) to be passive victims. And I find it very interesting that so many of these “shop owners that are fighting back” videos are of Asian shopkeepers dealing out some rough justice! But still, it’s not just Asians. The shift is widespread across racial groups.
Remember, vigilanteism is always just under the surface with “civilized” human beings. Good law enforcement and Justice systems minimize it, but even so there is a LONG history of vigilanteism being glorified in literature and on screen. I mean, name a single popular movie in the last 50 years that has nothing to do with it. Maybe a few RomComs. Maybe.
Has there EVER been a halfway decent play (from Chaucer through Shakespeare to Oklahoma! to the present day) without that theme being very prominent?