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minus-squareRudee@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 days agoAre you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal violence?
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoI was gonna say wasn’t Lord of the Flies literally a critique of society?
minus-squareflying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoYeah, but a satirical one, not one to be taken literally.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 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.)
Are you implying that humans aren’t prone to worshipping idols, tribalism, and interpersonal 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.
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.)