the patrick schwarzenegger paradox: fictional villains, performative politics & nepo baby backlash

Hello everyone, welcome to this little corner of the internet! My name is Anishna and this video is an analysis of the recent conversations regarding nepotism that focus on Patrick Schwarzenegger and his role as Saxon Ratliff in the White Lotus!

00:00 introduction
03:10 who is saxon ratliff?
04:23 the psychology of why we love (to hate) villains
11:04 the patrick schwarzenegger backlash explained
12:38 patrick schwarzenegger: new nepo baby of the month
14:10 the weaponisation of social justice
16:57 who benefits when we blame celebrities pt.1
17:58 the real problem with nepotism
18:22 has 'nepo baby' lost its meaning? e.g., lola young
19:27 discussing nepotism as a binary vs spectrum e.g., elon musk
21:07 who benefits when we blame celebrities pt.2
22:28 redefining our relationship with fame & power (neutral jing)

REFERENCES
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2. Why we love villains. Joaquin Waters, February 2024: https://theaggie.org/2024/02/15/why-w...
3. Why people are drawn to fictional villains. Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, January 2024: https://magazine.scienceconnected.org...
4. What is the shadow self? Andrea M. Darcy, March 2023: https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/couns...
5. Why we love villains – pop culture psychology. SciShow Psych, August 2020:    • Why We Love Movie Villains (According to P...  
6. Villains and the internet’s double standards. Badzilla, May 2024:    • Psychology: Why Do We Like Villains In Mov...  
7. Why we hate good actors. Galactic Knight Studios, October 2024:    • Why Actors Crave the Complexity of Villain...  
8. Why are people drawn to the villains and baddies in movies?. Tom Hale, April 2020: https://www.iflscience.com/why-are-pe...
9. Why all the hate for Patrick Schwarzenegger? /r/WhiteLotusHBO. Reddit, 2025:   / why_all_the_hate_for_patrick_schwarzenegger  
10. White Lotus star Patrick Schwarzenegger reacts to backlash. Giovana Gelhoren, February 2025: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/w...
11. Social justice and bullying /r/SRSDiscussion. Reddit, 2016:   / social_justice_and_bullying  
12. Actors who received real hate for characters they played. Rachel Johnson, June 2024: https://movieweb.com/actors-who-recei...
13. Inside Elon Musk’s relationship with his father, Errol Musk. Jason Hahn, March 2018: https://people.com/human-interest/elo...
14. IndiaTV News. (2022, December 8). Twitter nepotism era starts as Musk hires billionaire cousin. Saumya Nigam, December, 2022: https://www.indiatvnews.com/technolog...
15. After Game of Thrones Made Him a Millionaire and a Hated Villian, Jack Gleeson Stepped Away From Acting for a Reason Similar to Emma Watson’s, Heena Singh, January 2025: https://fandomwire.com/after-game-of-...

🔮 about me 🔮
✨ how old are you? I’m 25 years old
✨ where are you from? I live in Sydney, Australia but am originally from Liverpool, England and my ethnicity is Indian
✨ what do you do? I am a full-time corporate consultant

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