The eat after midnight.
The eat after midnight.
"Privilege is invisible to those who have it."
His motivations were exactly that of revenge, looking into it any other way is ridiculous. He even gives the boss a chance to walk away and give up the only person he cared about killing, his son. Everyone who died in that movie was a direct result of a perceived slight to John Wick, the son died because he killed the dog, his father died because he killed William Defoe. The social commentary exists entirely between the story and the viewer. John Wick isn't a deep character, through 2 movies all his actions are self serving.
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At the end of the day Nietzsche nails this argument. Gaze long into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
It's as apt for warriors returning home from war as it is with political commentators. It's not what you fight that makes you a monster, it's how you feel about what you fight.