A crudely drawn pastel version of the “Is this a butterfly” meme

A character labeled CAPITALISM is pointing to a book labeled DYSTOPIAN SCIENCE-FICTION, while asking IS THIS A TUTORIAL?

https://thebad.website/comic/is_this_capitalism

  • @scintilla@beehaw.org
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    1711 days ago

    I still can’t belive there is an actual surveillance company named plantir.

    They have to know that they are the bad guys in the story after that right???

    • @Bad@jlai.luOP
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      1711 days ago

      Literally one thing I expected from capitalism’s abusive systems was the Tolkien estate saying “nah bruvs get a new name you suck” and they didn’t even do that smh

    • ada
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      1011 days ago

      They not only know, they’re gloating over it and rubbing it in

    • @jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
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      511 days ago

      I think that’s related to conservatives having really poor critical analysis skills. Some of them probably unironicly think Sauron was the hero

      • @qarbone@lemmy.world
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        911 days ago

        A risk lay in the fact that users with sufficient power could choose what to show and what to conceal to other stones: in The Lord of the Rings, a palantír has fallen into the Enemy’s hands, making the usefulness of all other existing stones questionable.

        They aren’t just “unreliable”. They are consistently described as a tool that it is misguided to use or trust because of how suspectible it is to being manipulated and how readily it, in turn, poisons the user. If a user isn’t wary, their world-view – when informed through the palantír – will be malformed through projected half-truths and misdirections.

        Even if the “concept” of a palantír is neutral (saying nothing about a magical device that enables imperceptible surveillance), it is an astounding failure of literary analysis to not get why Tolkien included them as they are – with their consistent, negative representation – in his books.

          • @qarbone@lemmy.world
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            210 days ago

            Magic is cool. But don’t pick the one used primarily by evil if you don’t want to be judged.

            Like, you can thunk the rugged military aesthetic of WW2 is a vibe but if you only collect Nazi uniforms, you’re gonna be that guy.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
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    1211 days ago

    I mean tbf dystopian science fiction pretty much emerged as a critique of capitalism, so the only surprising thing here is how close they got it.

  • ada
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    1111 days ago

    tfw dystopian science fiction is your favourite genre!

  • @slaacaa@lemmy.world
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    910 days ago

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

  • @RockBottom@feddit.org
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    311 days ago

    Capitalist narrative is who deals best with dystopia is the hero vs. who brings changes to prevent it.

  • @ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
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    110 days ago

    From what I’ve heard, they either see themselves as the hero turning things around, or just outright seeing an inspiration in them.