I recently thought about something concerning modern media, specifically the post-apocalyptic type, and its relation to the utopian Lockean ideas and how they push liberalism and sheepish, hyper-idealistic thinking.

Look at movies and IPs such as The Walking Dead, any of the innumerable post-apoc and dystopian pieces of media that are available via Netflix and other such services, or even other forms of fiction, and you start to see a prevailing trend. This trend is a sort of "noble savage" idea, where in this anarchistic "society" (or lack thereof, rather), there is a clear antagonist, the big bad evil guys (and not coincidentally, these evil guys are usually an actual, organized society, at least in depiction) who do things that are evil or are portrayed as evil, and the anarchistic protagonists take them down and everyone lives happily ever after.

This is no mistake. As previously mentioned, this is a sort of extension of the "noble savage", that these anarchistic utopian groups are so peaceful and perfect when left alone and no issues arise until the big meanie "fascists" that want to establish order and control come along. Much like Locke's idea that a government gets in the way of the naturally peaceful, communal nature of humans.

This is simply wrong, and quite obviously so.

I'm not sure what the goal of such media is (or if there even is one, to be honest), but it is clear that the agenda here is to push lolbertarian, anarchist, and Marxist ideas, and portray fascism/what they portray as fascism (or any state authority whatsoever, besides the obviously "benevolent" liberal state) as the evil guys that want a societal structure.

Of course, in reality, as has been shown numerous times throughout history, Hobbesian ideas are far more accurate. In the abscense of a strong state, people invariably fall into degeneracy and violence. In reality, something like Mad Max is far more believable, where every group is a group of thugs who make their way by raping, murdering, enslaving, and pillaging.

It's just like the idea that the Natives in the New World were somehow these peaceful, gentle creatures with no understanding of violence, whereas in truth the opposite was true. Despite some of the admittedly impressive feats of engineering some of the natives were capable of, horrifically immoral and amoral actions were a constant in these societies. Raping and murdering entire tribes, or sacrificing them en masse were everyday things. Even in Europe, fragmented tribes sans a centralized power structure were savage and brutal. The Vikings, the Gothic tribes, the Sea Peoples, the list goes on.

The point is, liberalism rests on the trust of the public that everything is peachy and cool and the "evil guys" must be resisted. Be these supposed ne'er-do-wells "those evil fascists" or "transphobes" or "pedophobes" or "antisemites" or whatever have you, one always exists. It's a way to distract people from the fragility and anti-humanity of liberalism and other proto-Marxist ideas.

In conclusion, these shows and media are, in my opinion, simply fantastical ego stroking of the liberal mindset. You're sooner to wake up and find that trees have sprouted legs or that gravity has inverted than you would be to wake up and find a functional anarchistic, egalitarian society. Of course, the liberal ideals that have been continually shoved down our throats and normalized throughout the years (and have taken hold entirely, circa 1945) shudder at the prospect of people knowing their lie, so they push things such as this.

There is a reason "They Live" is shunned and ignored yet practically copy-and-pasted drivel like "The Hunger Games" are so celebrated; The latter is purely fantastical bullshit circlejerking, the former is a display of our societies as they are, controlled and influenced by those that despise us.