Are Myths Valuable?

[Belacqua]

We have to be careful of the subtext in (what we might call) modern myths.

Often the uplifting and encouraging message is that in our brave new world, women and minorities can participate equally in the military industrial complex, and use violence as effectively as white men.

The recent Captain Marvel, and the latest Star Trek, were commercials for this development.

I do not see this as a liberating message.