You think human needs are limited to physical needs ? Once again, speak for yourself, not for the others.

People beat you up in the streets ? Try to kill you ? You have to relocate or live the country ?
Please be serious.

Freedom of speech is much more restricted. And try being a Jew in Sweden nowadays.

It's an American misconception among many others, just see how they depict the French in movies or TV. On the other hand, the French do the same thing with Americans.

French people do not smoke much more than Americans. And Marseille is still the most corrupt city in France.

I like the AVclub and usually enjoys the critics, which is why I complain, because I want them to keep the good work and not go search another site to read my GoT critic.

These countries are in dictatorship *because* they attempted to bring economic equality. And you prove it with your next sentence: you do not get to decide what people need. they decide themselves. The 'I know what's good for others even if they do not know it themselves' types are the most dangerous kind of people.

The Faith of the Seven is not polytheistic, the "seven" are not seven gods but seven faces of God, something akin to the Trinity maybe (I am not Christian so I am not sure).
Of course this fictional universe is based on our real world, Westerns on 14th and 15th century France and England, and this religion on…

While I agree that Royalty do not deserve their wealth and status, regarding the others, they mostly do. And I was speaking about conservative, family values oriented people, not "Americans".

You are right, but since Gendry is a son of late King Robert, good looking, Arya's friend, and the victim of numerous plots to kill him, the audience tends to assume he is more important than he really is.

OK, "which is a condition of democracy".

I think you missed the point of Sexy Duck Cop post. Here is a clue: sarcasm.

My assertions are not theory since many countries tried to implement "economic equality" and all were dictatures or worse. Since the reality is that when free people are economically unequal there is no way to have economic equality other than suspending said freedom.

I said economic equality is the exact opposite of democracy because to obtain economic equality, since all people are different and have different qualities, envies, will and motivations, you have to impose it by coercion. Always. In theory you can have anything you want, but we live in the real world, not in theory.

And rape is a metaphor for … what exactly here ?

I don't think it is "all about". It is a little about. It never ever crossed my mind reading the books. Rape in particular is not "an issue" that the books are "about". Rape is something horrible that happens to some characters among other horrible things.

Well I do not agree with you. I do not think these "issues" deserve to be discussed at the length you invest in them (I did not say "not at all"), the fact is they are many ways to interpret and analyze this show. That's your review and you write whatever you want, and as long as the comments are open and free I will…

These are the same exact people as the Otherton Others. At the end of season 3 they left the town to "go back" to their roots and be "attuned" to the island. The Temple Others are the same people also, they just go back between the Temple and outside, maybe there are shifts, they take turns, I do not know.

Rape is not an "issue" to be dealt, it's a crime. Sex is part of life. Gender is just a reality of nature - some people are men, some are women.
Meaning - I can comment on the show and the books without never analyzing them through these lenses. The fact is, I did read the book and I never for one second thought about…

Disdain for people who have wealth without never working a day in their life is also a characteristic of right wing / free market / conservative people. Nothing to do with economic equality. If you believe in hard work, family values and so, you also hate the nobles and entitled kind. There is no problem with people…