A crudely drawn pastel version of the “Is this a butterfly” meme

A character labeled CAPITALISM is pointing to a book labeled DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE-FICTION, while asking IS THIS A TUTORIAL?

https://thebad.website/comic/is_this_capitalism

  • scintilla@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    1 天前

    I still can’t belive there is an actual surveillance company named plantir.

    They have to know that they are the bad guys in the story after that right???

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      1 天前

      I think that’s related to conservatives having really poor critical analysis skills. Some of them probably unironicly think Sauron was the hero

    • Bad@jlai.luOPEnglish
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      1 天前

      Literally one thing I expected from capitalism’s abusive systems was the Tolkien estate saying “nah bruvs get a new name you suck” and they didn’t even do that smh

      • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        24 小时前

        A risk lay in the fact that users with sufficient power could choose what to show and what to conceal to other stones: in The Lord of the Rings, a palantír has fallen into the Enemy’s hands, making the usefulness of all other existing stones questionable.

        They aren’t just “unreliable”. They are consistently described as a tool that it is misguided to use or trust because of how suspectible it is to being manipulated and how readily it, in turn, poisons the user. If a user isn’t wary, their world-view – when informed through the palantír – will be malformed through projected half-truths and misdirections.

        Even if the “concept” of a palantír is neutral (saying nothing about a magical device that enables imperceptible surveillance), it is an astounding failure of literary analysis to not get why Tolkien included them as they are – with their consistent, negative representation – in his books.

          • qarbone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            9 小时前

            Magic is cool. But don’t pick the one used primarily by evil if you don’t want to be judged.

            Like, you can thunk the rugged military aesthetic of WW2 is a vibe but if you only collect Nazi uniforms, you’re gonna be that guy.

            • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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              9 小时前

              that guy

              Okay, yes, and im totally not evil but what if i think that corrupting influence just soubds really cool and is something I’d want to control?

              Along with all of middle earth?