▲ 365 ▼ Don't go red! (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 86 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's clearly where you stopped reading. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first panel ruined it for me as well, though. It's meant to be political allegory, sure, but the first panel just makes it bad history instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago It's too absurd to be taken seriously. Like how in the second panel the guy with the evil goatee says "Now we get to do all of our evil communist stuff!". Another factor is that even if you were to take this seriously, it would portray the the bolsheviks as ineffective liberals. A Lenin/Stalin apologist would not portray them that way. And most people don't get their history lessons from 9-panel comic strips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnityDevice@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The first panel ruined it for me as well, though. It's meant to be political allegory, sure, but the first panel just makes it bad history instead. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago It's too absurd to be taken seriously. Like how in the second panel the guy with the evil goatee says "Now we get to do all of our evil communist stuff!". Another factor is that even if you were to take this seriously, it would portray the the bolsheviks as ineffective liberals. A Lenin/Stalin apologist would not portray them that way. And most people don't get their history lessons from 9-panel comic strips. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago It's too absurd to be taken seriously. Like how in the second panel the guy with the evil goatee says "Now we get to do all of our evil communist stuff!". Another factor is that even if you were to take this seriously, it would portray the the bolsheviks as ineffective liberals. A Lenin/Stalin apologist would not portray them that way. And most people don't get their history lessons from 9-panel comic strips. permalink fedilink source parent
