I actually had the opposite reading. I thought it was weird that it was framing a blonde American as the only one who valued individuality while the mostly Asian people didn’t see a downside to the loss of free will.
That’s an interesting way to see it too. My thought was more along the lines of how funny it was that the American felt like she had the authority to tell people from other parts of the world how to live their lives, and how American individualism and “freedom” is actually the only correct way to experience the world, even though now these people may be experiencing true freedom for the first time, finally unbound by their lack of material wealth.
I actually had the opposite reading. I thought it was weird that it was framing a blonde American as the only one who valued individuality while the mostly Asian people didn’t see a downside to the loss of free will.
is this dialectics
That’s an interesting way to see it too. My thought was more along the lines of how funny it was that the American felt like she had the authority to tell people from other parts of the world how to live their lives, and how American individualism and “freedom” is actually the only correct way to experience the world, even though now these people may be experiencing true freedom for the first time, finally unbound by their lack of material wealth.