WellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaomessage-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up1104arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1104arrow-down1message-squareLove when I’m reading a book and it randomly goes on an anti-communist rant 14 chapters in lmaoWellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square29linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehello_hello [undecided, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoNo youre right this some internalized hitlerism, anti-worker sentiment and pure navel gazing. Basically the end point for all writers who don’t study Marxism at some point.
minus-squareWellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month ago@valium_aggelein@hexbear.net was pointing out that the narrator in the book is also a character in the narrative so this isn’t necessarily Steinbeck speaking directly here and could also be interpreted as a satire of rugged individualism.
minus-squarehello_hello [undecided, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoOh okay then this is actually great lol.
No youre right this some internalized hitlerism, anti-worker sentiment and pure navel gazing.
Basically the end point for all writers who don’t study Marxism at some point.
@valium_aggelein@hexbear.net was pointing out that the narrator in the book is also a character in the narrative so this isn’t necessarily Steinbeck speaking directly here and could also be interpreted as a satire of rugged individualism.
Oh okay then this is actually great lol.