• AlkaliMarxist [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I had a discussion with somebody on this site and they claimed that leftists should never create satire because Starship Troopers was satire and fascists mis-interpreted it.

    • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      That’s literally what the lanyard dork media class said when they gave Starship Troopers negative reviews on its release, before it became a cult classic. That it was praising fascist ideology despite it being clearly satirical.

      Media literacy, and literacy in general, is going down the toilet. TV was a mistake. The internet was a mistake. Smartphones were a mistake.