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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 days agoAre you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal violence?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•4 days agoFunny enough, not in the cynical, depressing way William Goulding postulated and many of us were forced to read in English class. :D https://www.newsweek.com/real-lord-flies-true-story-boys-island-william-golding-humankind-human-nature-rutger-bregman-1503204 It’s nice when humanity isn’t the tragically disgusting thing we’re often forcefully told it is. (Usually as some way to justify State-enforced law and order via violence.)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 days agoI was gonna say wasn’t Lord of the Flies literally a critique of society?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•4 days agoYeah, but a satirical one, not one to be taken literally.
Are you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal violence?
Funny enough, not in the cynical, depressing way William Goulding postulated and many of us were forced to read in English class. :D
https://www.newsweek.com/real-lord-flies-true-story-boys-island-william-golding-humankind-human-nature-rutger-bregman-1503204
It’s nice when humanity isn’t the tragically disgusting thing we’re often forcefully told it is. (Usually as some way to justify State-enforced law and order via violence.)
I was gonna say wasn’t Lord of the Flies literally a critique of society?
Yeah, but a satirical one, not one to be taken literally.