I'm leaning towards yes, because despite their inclusivity and the general feel-good vibes of the stories, the characters themselves flirt with police brutality quite a bit, and who knows exactly what they get up to in their lives outside the novels.

Any more nuanced views from my fellow hexbearians (and lemmings)? I'm slightly less articulate than Detritus on a hot day, and I wonder how much the politics and views of Terry Pratchett comes up in leftist discourse.

  • Zoift [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    ACAB still applies. Vimes would absolutely fuck with you if he thought you were up to something, and hes a raging paranoid. Nobby & Colin would accuse you of something so they could steal your halfpack of cigs and put the boot in after. Carrot is probably your best bet, but he'd still arrest you over a technicality and try to shake your hand after.

    Uphold MoistvonLipwiggist-thought.

    • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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      11 months ago

      Uphold MoistvonLipwiggist-thought.

      I haven't read those in a while. I was still pretty lib. Was Making Money Marxist? I remember it did kinda compare the economy to astrology or something, didn't it?

    • Flyberius [comrade/them]
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      11 months ago

      It's been a long time since I read Going Postal. I was definitely not a comrade last time. Looking forward do it.

      Edit: is Moistvon Lipwiggst meant to parody Marxist-Lenninist?