You might never have heard this game described in such exacting terms before, and that’s because it represents a dark part of American history that our society would prefer to forget. It’s one of the small ways we teach children to be silent on our nation’s past sins, and if we want to heal as a society, we probably shouldn’t have them play games like this anymore.

Few people I know have admitted to liking what they do at first, if ever, and that speaks to something profoundly disturbing about the nature of work: it’s a deeply unhealthy way to organize our society, and you are not crazy for hating it.

A lot has changed since the 90s, both for me and society-at-large. And so when I recently revisited the family comedy, I did so with apprehension. I had the sneaking suspicion that it would not hold up to the nostalgia of my youth, and sadly, I was right.

In focusing on how the show failed her, however, we ignore what making her into a villain says about the state of entertainment. Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) wanted to change the world, and the quickest way she saw to do that was to kill countless people. That framing says something about how the privileged view progress: you either bend to the worldview of your oppressor in favor of incrementalism, or you light the match that causes it all to burn down.

We are a nation that not only uplifts awful people for the sake of our entertainment but equalizes everyone in their orbit as “the same” so as not to ruin the fun.