#a memoy called empire

[literary-illuminati]

@fallowhearth

I'm not sure she ever portrays cultural imperialism as good, but she definitely never really portrays it as bad? Like, there's a real sense that Teixicalaanli oppression of native cultures tops out as being analogous to, like, 'local cinemas playing marvel movies with better special effects and higher budgets than anything your local movie industry can afford, so it ends up withering while everyone watches American moves instead'.

Which is, in the annals of cultural imperialism, pretty fucking weak tea. No Teixicalaanli Sun Priests going around and burning every work in the Lseli alphabet they can find, that's for sure.

[literary-illuminati]

We all picked Teixcalaanli names on the spot for book club.