A review by wellfedpages
Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
What happens if a rat refuses to run?

We are all
Always running
Losing the race
We are meant to lose
But do we need to run?

What is the price of non-conformity in a world which rewards conformity and punishes individuality?

Where being honest to yourself is considered alien
Living your truth is unacceptable
Not fitting in invites backlash
And being different needs to be ‘cured’

This story probes into this question

Unmasks the ugly truth we are brainwashed to forget -

We are just tiny cogs in a big machine

Components of ‘The Factory’

We are baby makers on a loop
Slaves raising future slaves
Using love as a drug to keep procreating
Keep feeding the Giant
Help a few feast of most others

Anyone has seen that terrible movie with Eddie Redmayne (though he is still amazing in it), Channing Tatum and that small woman (Jackie from That 70s Show) whose name I always forget? The one where planets belong to different scions of some intergalactic royal family. A lot of the movie was shit, but the premise was interesting - people on all these planets incl earth only existed to become fodder for the youth & obnoxious lifestyles of these few

Essentially Capitalism 101

#Earthlings hits the nail on the head in a
weird
horrifying
bizarre
uncomfortable
&
extreme manner

But the message remains the same - 
we have no freedom
Or what we think is freedom is just an illusion

#SayakaMurata also claws out the depths of depravity that humans can sink to.
And the hypocrisy of society in sweeping away from sight (and therefore making acceptable) what is truly depraved vs what social constructs consider unacceptable

Who is brainwashing whom?
Who is delusional in this world?
Who holds the cards?
How do you evade the powers that be?

Can you break the loop?

Can you run away?

Can you refuse to participate?

And what happens to those who do?

What lies on the other side?

There are some answers here

But like all experiments the parameters define the results

So what you find may just be a tweaked or half the truth

Maybe there are no perfect answers

What we find is not what we seek

Her name is Mila Kunis, just remembered it. And the movie is Jupiter Ascending, Googled that
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