• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      The number of people trying to explain that the Bolsheviks weren’t actually like that depress me. Why are they in a political memes community if they don’t know that Trump and Musk are accusing Democrats of being communists based on their pretty milquetoast policies?

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        2 months ago

        I think if it had been placed in America it would have been better received. People don’t expect to have a serious conversation about critical reading skills in a meme community. They’re used to one liners and moving on.

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          You won’t be able to save people who are unable to draw parallels between a hypothetical and a real situation, even when they are given a dozen hints.

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            2 months ago

            Eh. Normally I would agree with you but these hints require a lot of known context.

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            2 months ago

            Well there needs to be a better way to communicate the message then because it got lost in the noise.

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                2 months ago

                Lmao, if A Modest Proposal was published today we would all be breathlessly talking about those Republican cannibals.