Game Of Thrones returns on April 14, and with it, the inevitable onslaught of "winter is finally here" memes and a sudden obsession with dragons, knights and internecine feudal politics.
But the show isn't just warmed-over fantasy tropes. Its conflicts have become part of our public discourse and Westeros, its fictional kingdom, has become an allegory for America.
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