Using the phrase "the common sense of the British people" is like saying "the aeronautical capabilities of moles"
I.e. we have to launch them with a trebuchet in order for it to be technically correct?
Toby Young and his ilk is a great object lesson in that learning "the classics" is just rote memorization in order to signify that you went to a posh public school. Thick as pigshit more often than not.
They learn a couple of names and themes and throw them into casual conversation as if it makes them intelligent, and a lot of cultural output in the UK serves to underline this assumption. As if reading Virgil and knowing rudimentary latin is the be all end all of knowledge.
Is it really just a random woman's name? Not an acronym or Karen-equivalent?
I joke with coworkers about what it would be like if people decided our work at the adrenachrome factory was political. People decided that they could just freebase the reagents and that we were all leeches driving up the price of healthcare for the hard working people of the heartland. Then one day after all the bullshit that typically goes along with our work, we step out of the break room towards our c*rs and a large crowd starts booing us. I would dread every day if I'm an intern working with COVID and I find that my research suggests something.
From delving through Wikipedia a bit, it seems like the article is sarcastic, right? It seems like the author doesn't really put faith in the general public
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra_(metaphor)
No, that would be way too clever for Toby Young, he is literally saying that Boris not listening to the "Cassandras" is a good thing.
Is there a name for this phenomenon, where the unintended message conveyed is truer than the actual message you wanted to deliver? Like some sort of freudian slip but instead of getting accidental innuendo it's just a more apt metaphorical description. There should be a name for this.
Thing about Cassandra is that people always ignored her visions/predictions. So this tracks
When Cassie says "sup" to you and smiles :lenin-heart:
The core part of Cassandra was she was cursed to see the future and no one would belief her. It’s foundational to the reference. How can anyone pry the two apart without having not heard of the myth?
Why though?
Chicken Little was the alarmist.
Cassandra had foresight but was ignored
History sounds stupid as hell. It should conform to my point of view.
The Cassandra metaphor (variously labeled the Cassandra "syndrome", "complex", "phenomenon", "predicament", "dilemma", "curse") relates to a person whose valid warnings or concerns are disbelieved by others.
hm, it fits
The only difference between British gammons and American MAGA is a few more decades of their respective empire's decay.
Common sense, lol. :joker-dancing:
