marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them] to literature • 3 years agoThe Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Ursula K. Le Guinexternal-linkmessage-square27 fedilinkarrow-up178
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minus-squareCakeAndPie [any]hexbear11·edit-23 years ago Omelas is a powerful parable, but it isn’t applicable to our society because we are all locked in; there is no decent society to go to, no place to escape to. We cannot leave. “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Is An Inapplicable Parable For Our Time Omelas is everywhere. There is no road to lead you away from it. All the alternatives get bombed to smithereens or bullied into submission by the IMF. Omelas' prosperity is widely shared. In our world, more and more of us struggle for daily necessities. And if there were only 1 kid being tortured, I mean, that would be a nice change. Omelas is a paradise compared to what we have. link
“The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” Is An Inapplicable Parable For Our Time
Omelas is everywhere. There is no road to lead you away from it. All the alternatives get bombed to smithereens or bullied into submission by the IMF.
Omelas' prosperity is widely shared. In our world, more and more of us struggle for daily necessities.
And if there were only 1 kid being tortured, I mean, that would be a nice change.
Omelas is a paradise compared to what we have.
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