The Real Reason ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Never Names the Enemy

A structuralist reading of a quintessential American myth

Right now, Russian forces are shelling the Donbas region of Ukraine and slowly conquering the territory. Lysychansk is on fire, Russian war crimes abound, and there is no end in sight to the suffering.

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Dustin T. Cox

Owner/Editor of Plato’s Gymnasium. I write about philosophy, politics, climate change, culture, religion, and more. https://medium.com/platos-gymnasium