• Tachanka [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    the bourgeoisie is preparing the proletariat for a forced decline in literacy because mass education is a threat to capitalism

    :trade-offer: trade offer: you get endless attention-span-lowering entertainment, and i get an endless source of cheap and unquestioning workers

    • daisy
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      2 years ago

      Brave New World was not supposed to be a how-to manual.

      • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        on the contrary, dystopian fictions are always interpreted as cautionary tales by the working class, but as instruction manuals by the ruling class. Class standpoint is essential to how one processes information.

        • Rom [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus.