Message from @Scribblehatch
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art, art is the voice of humanity, and it requires free expression to function well, which is dangerous for a tyrant
art immitates life
you don't want others knowing
its mass hysteria
you have to keep it hidden
and mass hysteria is fertile ground for authoritarianism
and third
comedy
comedy speaks truth to power
comedy speaks truth period
it's not something one wants if you're totalitarian
dictators detest the sound of laughter
It's why the left can't meme.
Because comedy is funny when it's true.
what you do as a tyrant is you take those elements
point is im not justifying my theory on fiction, im justifying the relevance of the fiction based on real events
"SO UH HOW ABOUT THAT WAGE GAP?!"
and turn them to propaganda
this only works
if you're the sole one making jokes and making art
And plenty of people made those jokes.
if there's someone else doing them without being part of your rule
Bill Burr. Stephen Merchant, more that I can't remember offhand.
they will objectively be better
But so many comedians believed in, and repeated the wage gap myth.
And the jokes tended to suck.
yes
Because there was something missing, even though they believed it.
the left can meme trust me
Logic was missing.
im not following anymore
or at least it could
it used to
too many different talking points going on at the same time lol
the right can barely meme either
IIRC, those are explicitly Frankfurt School tactics
Memes are anti-corruption and the left is corruption incarnate.
They **cannot** meme.
liberals can