• thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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    3 years ago

    You joke but petty theft used to be punished with execution in early modern England. All part and parcel of the enclosure and proletarianisation efforts to enshrine the reign of capital :)

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
      hexagon
      MA
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      3 years ago

      You know I'm also quoting from book that's a social commentary on the conditions of the proletariat in France and also a hit Broadway movie musical with Wolverine "Les Miserable"

        • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
          hexagon
          MA
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          3 years ago

          I'd say if you got the time and want to read a genuine masterpiece, go for it. If not watch the musical.

          • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            If not watch the musical.

            Are you... recommending people listen to Russell Crowe sing? If so, dawg what the actual fuck is wrong with you???

            • Alaskaball [comrade/them]
              hexagon
              MA
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              3 years ago

              Are you against listening to Russell Crowe loudly crow his lines? Do you not know what fine art is? Can you not see, or hear in this case, the beauty within the awful?

              Also there's the original musical you nerd

              • LeninWeave [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                Are you against listening to Russell Crowe loudly crow his lines?

                PCUSA is CANCELLED

                Also there’s the original musical you nerd

                Ah OK, thought you were talking about the Crowe one, cause it's the one in the picture.

            • Nounverb [none/use name]
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              3 years ago

              There are like 20 million versions of Les mis done every year alone. It wouldn't be hard to fine one without the Crowe :bird-mad:

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          unrelated but did you know its publishing deal remains the highest figure ever paid for a work of literature

          https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/03/23/hugo-inc/

          • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Thanks for sharing, that was really interesting! A cool $4 million for a book that could have just been banned entirely, transported by hand... literature was definitely cooler back then.