Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins)

Kafka's Metamorphosis is called a major work of literature. Why? If it's SF it's bad SF. If, like Animal Farm, it's an allegory, an allegory of what? Scholarly answers range from pretentious Freudian to far-fetched feminist. I don't get it. Where are the Emperor's clothes?

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  • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I'm so mad at libs right now at reddit I got distracted and your comment totally confused me. I convinced myself you were talking about my "Kill the filibuster. Pass the For the People Act. Pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act." comment in the megathread. I had to click your link and then the light bulb finally went on over my head. The libs made me see red...

    • One argument is that Manchin is being "blackmailed" by Russia.

    • Another argument is - Oh, the poor dems are powerless because of Manchin and the rotten system the founders put in place.