• Sandouq_Dyatha@lemmy.ml
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      21 hours ago

      no, it’s a novel, it’s a work of fiction, not a piece of theory or history that you can quote, the ending and the world is entirely built by the writer, there’s no study it’s literally arguments made up by the writer based on no sources or research, anyone can write a dystopian story, I could write a dystopian story and quote it right now, it’s not argument, it’s stupid.

      You know, in my novel of people who quote novels ending up as nazis, you do resemble it a lot.

      /\ as valid as using a novel like 1984 or animal farm or whatever else as an argument

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        21 hours ago

        1984 and Brave New World are allegories based on real life social observations and events. So, yes, they are based on history. They are famous for a reason. It is just that you find it too close to comfort.

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        19 hours ago

        It’s not history, but it’s certainly theory. The study it’s based on is through observations of reality. When comparing something to one of these books, we’re testing their observations by comparing them to reality. Incidentally, it gets brought up a lot when an event, occurrence, or vector in society begins to resemble these books too closely.

        Your hyperbole of people quoting books all being nazis, on the other hand, is very easily disproven.

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          53 minutes ago

          “this is giving boss baby vibes” except actually trying to make a point out of it

          Your hyperbole of people quoting books all being nazis

          Only the dumbest fucking people pull this shit and you are as fucking stupid as can be measured

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              23 minutes ago

              Explain to me how you think I’m measuring, fuckwit. You have a judgement on a thing, you should be able to articulate what that thing is, right?

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                Badly; as someone who is culturally illiterate, lacks the skills of observation to make any determination (whether it be about myself or the subject of the world around us), is incapable of actually making any arguments, and so uses “colourful language” in a juvenile attempt to cover up their shortcomings.