you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[+] [S] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (7 children)
  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Ah, I think I figured it out. No, it's not about propaganda in politics. Actually, the thing which is most annoying is that im pretty sure that you and I agree that these corporations are awful. But what you see as satirising the corporations, I see differently, because to me, corporations are the only political players that matter. They have all the money, and all the power, and I think that crying wolf about tiny things that the megacorps never really did actually does desensitise people to the tiny (and great) indignities to which these corporations actually subject the world. So, in another comment you asked me with which stories I take issue, and my answer is this: any which paints a corporation, capitalist, or despotic regime as doing something it has not actually done, as these false stories read like real ones, and cheapen the very cause with which I believe you and I both agree.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [+] [S] 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Absolutely. My only concern has been how many people have been eating your particular onion, in a time when our society really needs to be focused on the very real things being satirised, and not believing things that are literally branded as false. As such, anything I can do to make it clear that these are onions, I will do. I just think you could do more to make it clear that they're fake.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments