I'm sick of doomer posts and I want to laugh at hidden weird reactionary sentiments in children's books.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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    3 years ago

    What about Lord of the Flies? I put it down maybe 40% through cause I felt so bad over how the little shits treated Piggy.

    • extremesatanism [they/them]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      given how angry people are getting over my slight discomfort with this book, I don't want to cause another struggle session so I'd rather not

        • extremesatanism [they/them]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          okay, fine, here we go

          "The Lord of the Flies is proof that anarchism doesn't work."

          • blight [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            it just doesn't hit the same when you say it like that :meow-tableflip:

        • extremesatanism [they/them]
          hexagon
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          3 years ago

          oh yeah I think anyone who feels skeptical about the premise of Lord of the Flies is likely to be a communist, but then again it's probably also true if you aren't skeptical about it at all. But I also don't want to get into an anarchist vs ML struggle session