• 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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          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.

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        2 months ago

        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.