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• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes fiction and altered objects depict abstract concept better than real physical objects do and neoliberals tend not to say the quiet parts loudly like the fascist party on the other side of the aisle has increasingly been doing in recent years.

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Do you not recognize that this is deceitful? I understand how fiction can present allegories to demonstrate real world themes. But this isn’t that. This is meant to portray reality and real life hypocrisy but is not actually real.

    If the hypocrisy is true, why the deception?

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If the hypocrisy is true, why the deception

      Because the hypocrites do an effective job at explaining away and obfuscating their hypocrisy. This makes if clear in an way that literal reality doesn’t.

      The rich people weren’t literally eating the babies of poor people when Jonathan Swift wrote A Modest Proposal, but that doesn’t mean that his point about their callous disregard for those less fortunate was fraudulent.

      This is basically visual satire.

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      • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Satire is not deceitful. You’re not meant to read A Modest Proposal and think rich people are eating poor babies. You’re meant to recognize the allegory and what it says about our real world.

        This post is not satire. It is meant to deceive you into believing it is a real photo.

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• grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean the hypocrisy really exists, but you’re right that this particularly egregious and shocking example is likely a total fabrication.

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• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s called satire.

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  • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Nice try. It is deception. Satire isn’t intended to be deceptive. This post was.

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    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From the description on Wikipedia:

      Satire is found in many artistic forms of expression, including internet memes, literature, plays, commentary, music, film and television shows, and media such as lyrics.

      Satire often utilizes fiction.

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      • danc4498@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nice try. It is deception. Satire isn’t intended to be deceptive. This post was.

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