It's funny because it makes Liberals angry.
You just hate that people can be in charge of their own lives and make their own money.
It's funny because it makes Liberals angry.
Exactly - he said that one of them is obviously distopian from the start, the other has the initial impression of utopia with the disturbing details only emerging along the way. He didn't say which was which though, and for some reason I assumed it would be the other way aroundOne could argue that BNW isn't bleak, depending on the caste obviously. It presents its civilized world as a utopia where things like sickness are a thing of the past. I can imagine people reading the book and seeing the portrayal as a positive. You have to think a bit about the Savage's motivation and about the pursuit of individual interests and interpretations of art (for example) to see that the sanitized and overly organized way of life that are we are presented with might be lacking pain but it also lacks any real depth. It is superficial and thus not satisfying in the long run.
Too right! And we had to get up half an hour before we went to bed, etc, etc ...Its probably endorsed by the old whinger crowd. Back in my day I didn't watch TikTok I was out in the snow at 5am on my bike delivering newspapers. How all 14 year olds should be. None of this namby pamby college stuff and wanting to work in offices when you grow up rubbish, proper real jobs and getting your hands dirty, you work your way up to being rich that way.
Sorry for spoiling that part! If it's any consolation, none of them are really vague about their world building. I can say, to me at least, that BNW the book is very different from Maiden's song. I only knew the latter for the longest time, so once I started reading the book I got something I wasn't expecting.Exactly - he said that one of them is obviously distopian from the start, the other has the initial impression of utopia with the disturbing details only emerging along the way. He didn't say which was which though, and for some reason I assumed it would be the other way around![]()
No worries - spoilers don't bother me if the story is good. Otherwise, why read the same book multiple times?Sorry for spoiling that part!
Bruce said that too - I think he said there's no swans in the book, among other things.BNW the book is very different from Maiden's song.
Or a warning ...Though there are moments where you are reminded that some of what you are seeing as fiction on these pages has become part of our everyday lives. Quite an eerie experience.
Too right! And we had to get up half an hour before we went to bed, etc, etc ...
And there goes another one who wants to control businesses and children alike. Let them make their money! If they can work without breaks let them, there's no need for the Government to be involved in people's everyday lives. The Government just wants to regulate things they have no business regulating.They want to have lunch breaks too, the cheek of them, thank god Florida put a stop to that
But you'd expect at least a shred of integrity and acknowledgement of how fucking incompetent and authoritarian the Trump admin is. I forget, that would require self reflection.
End of the article: "The number of child labor violations in Florida has nearly tripled in recent years, according to US Department of Labor statistics."
It's funny because it makes Liberals angry.
It's funny because it makes Liberals angry.
I wouldn't necessarily call them unintented, but rather collateral. Migrant labor is part of the backbone of US economy and these people know it.The unintended consequences of gammon-fuelled xenophobic shit. Like Brexit, but on steroids!
Sickening and pathetic at the same time.
I wouldn't necessarily call them unintented, but rather collateral. Migrant labor is part of the backbone of US economy and these people know it.
- Aide: Maybe we could raise the wages, so that those jobs become more attractive
- DeSantis: *laughs awkwardly, wiggles and makes hand-accordion movements* What if we get the children to do it?
It's also telling how both the Trump voters and the vocal Biden haters on the forum suddenly have no interest in discussing politics and posting in this thread. I mean, I get that it has to be exhausting trying to justify your vote for Trump or your irrational hatred for Biden when Trump is doing all the things people were fearmongering about Biden, daily. But you'd expect at least a shred of integrity and acknowledgement of how fucking incompetent and authoritarian the Trump admin is. I forget, that would require self reflection.