But as the Walkers lay dormant for centuries, people in Westeros started to forget. If you’ve watched “Game of Thrones,” you know where it goes from there. The Walkers rise again, and the Night’s Watch leader Jon Snow (Kit Harington) wants to make common cause with the wildlings. In “Game of Thrones,” in other words, nationalism and tribalism are not essential forces for preserving society but an existential threat to survival. The president is a creation of TV and a voracious consumer of it, but his tastes are limited and specific.

Source: New York Times January 04, 2019 19:03 UTC