Saw another post about this post pusch period being a good time to spread some of that sweet class consciousness to the confused and frightened libs in our lives. What’s your best metaphor to explain class struggle and why it must be undertaken by all of us?

I wrote a long effort-post in c:writing on an analogy I felt was pretty good: untying a hose in a dark room to get a drink of water. You can read all of it here:

Part 1 https://hexbear.net/post/68740

Part 2 https://hexbear.net/post/68741

Part 3 https://hexbear.net/post/68742

Let me know if you have an even better one or if you have critiques on mine. Hope to hear some good stuff! Keep pushing those libs in your life till it’s nothing but comrades. o7

Edit: I feel I have been playing fast and lose with the difference between metaphor and analogy, and that, is pretty cringe. Self cancelling immediately.

  • FnordPrefect [comrade/them, he/him]
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    4 years ago

    At some point I intend to write the following into a storybook form:

    A miller is trying to maximize the output from a waterwheel on his property. He calls in a scientist to further this aim. The scientist takes a snapshot and studies it.

    "I've determined that the most energy is produced when the water lands in this particular section (the section that happened to have water hitting it in the snapshot). We should take measures to ensure that as much water as possible lands on that section!"

    So, the miller bolts the wheel in place. Obviously, the machinery is completely non-productive, but the scientist said so, so the miller does more and more elaborate modifications to the wheel. Eventually a sufficiently large downpour breaks all the unnatural apparatus off and the water is distributed evenly over the wheel and everything is better again.