Why was it so common for manga and anime in the 70s-90s to go on and on about how 'humans are the real monsters' and have plots where the earth rises up and destroys humanity? Japanese writers now don't seem to care about that shit at all, but it was their big thing 40 years ago.
Hippies vs jaded millenials
Because the Club of Rome founded in 1968 was churning out reports of Apocalypse based on thin hair about how human growth population would destroy the earth and that population control was necessary. That scary narrative found its way in media as books, movies and of course manga, as it's an easy plot to use. Same reason why there were stories about a global cooling who would have supposedly transformed earth into an ice ball or today with global warming turning the planet into a heat ball.
>>268336606>70s to 90sMore like every timeline.
>>268336606>late 2000s/early 2010s>what if the western world and japanese conservatives are actually hypocritical and evil>what if terrorism is actually justified because economic colonialism or whatever
>>268336606>The Population Bombbook came out in 1968. Predicted waves of global famine starting by the late 1970s.basically what actually happened is that global population forecasts leveled off a lot everywhere that's not Africa. Also agricultural improvements (that may involve using a lot of oil, see Peak Oil for the sequel)Now most countries are worried about aging population not having enough working age children to support them.
>humans are le virus>humans are le cancermakes me reeeeeee.we don't really need to invade other organisms to reproduce and neither are we somehow defective compared to normal critters.if anything we're like pretty much every other life form on the planet in that will go on consuming resources and reproduce until we overshoot the carrying capacity and die off in waves until population stabilizes in approximate equilibrium.
>>268336606Godzilla was also a commentary on nuclear weapons, humans love to ruin everything.
so what's the current Japanese cultural zeitgeist?
