Gatekeeping is absolutely a problem. I would go even further - even extremely flawed bourgeois media have their dialectic. As a trash anime enjoyer, I can say that development of the modern tropes is itself an opportunity for a dialectical analysis.

Isekai, harems, getting kicked out from hero’s party… – popularity of all of these tropes have reasons in material conditions of the main audience (which is Japanese youth rather than American/European youth but mostly applies to capitalist society in general too). They are nothing but fantasies addressing concrete problems of society - people’s material conditions stagnating, romantic bonds being commodified, competent workers getting laid off by companies that can’t notice their importance…

People who enjoy these tropes should be encouraged to analyze the material reasons they are so appealing for them rather than judged for liking them. And diamat is a tool we should share with people, not just in direct confrontation with capitalism. There is plenty little things that can be used as distraction by the capital but can also be used by us to help people link dots to the source of their problems.

Don’t know if it’s really unpopular but I certainly agree with that. Metaphysical and idealistic mindset being a “common sense” for people is one of decisive factors sustaining contradictions like workers defending the system actively exploiting them. Dialectic grounded in materialism is necessary for true understanding of how the material conditions shape us and how can we shape them back.

Death to America means replacing the empire with an anti-imperialist state.

We should respect Israel’s right to not exist.