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And so Killmonger, if he was truly devoted to ending global black oppression, would have ended up in the same position as the US' (nominal) position: how to arm the "good" rebels who will relinquish the power he gives to make an equitable society?
And of course that always collapses into the actual US position, which is: how do we install leadership that will swear fealty (explicitly or implicitly) to the imperial ruler.
And yet! Even while leaving this question open and specifically arming the viewer with grounds to reject Killmonger (Miltonic!!), the movie insists, as Darwin said, there is grandeur in Killmonger's view of life.
If hierarchy is permanent, let us put ourselves on top, we who have been forced to the bottom for so long.
And in the end, isn't there something about that that is more beautiful than T'Challa in front of the UN, smirking at the question "what could a poor negro like you have to offer us?"
Or today's "elite" black liberals sitting in a classroom, in a business meeting, in an election, smirking at the question "what could a poor negro like you have to offer us?"
Thinking, "ah, but I edited the Harvard law review," "ah, but I have always worked twice as hard," "ah, but I know my Milton"?
(Texts exist to be read through! They are the grounds of further thought, not the end of a conversation!)
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