Jimpalaya@lemmygrad.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agoDoes anyone else think of Capital as like a large, evil, floating hand?message-squaremessage-square29linkfedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareDoes anyone else think of Capital as like a large, evil, floating hand?Jimpalaya@lemmygrad.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square29linkfedilink
minus-squareIvarK [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoI read the first part the other day and it really stuck with me. Excellent essay
minus-squareProgAimerGirl [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days agoit’s really effective at extending the metaphor until you are standing in the real world going “wait, it’s not a metaphor”
minus-squareIvarK [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoYeah it’s one of those where it would be very easy to handwave as crank woo-woo shit until you actually seriously engage with what’s being said
I read the first part the other day and it really stuck with me. Excellent essay
it’s really effective at extending the metaphor until you are standing in the real world going “wait, it’s not a metaphor”
Yeah it’s one of those where it would be very easy to handwave as crank woo-woo shit until you actually seriously engage with what’s being said