Flying Squid to Political [email protected] • 4 months agoI hate how true this is.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1850
arrow-up1850imageI hate how true this is.lemmy.worldFlying Squid to Political [email protected] • 4 months agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-24 months agoI didn’t say it doesn’t. I said it’s a movie, meaning it’s not real. Using it as an argument about Trump is a bad argument. Then jumping straight to fascism is just stupid
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•edit-24 months agoOP simply expressed disbelief that Trump supporters don’t draw the obvious parallels between Trump and the character of Mr. Potter that they see. Mr. Potter’s character was obviously written to satirize real-world robber barons, of which Trump is a model example.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•4 months ago obvious parallels Like? Trump is a model example. How?
I didn’t say it doesn’t. I said it’s a movie, meaning it’s not real. Using it as an argument about Trump is a bad argument. Then jumping straight to fascism is just stupid
OP simply expressed disbelief that Trump supporters don’t draw the obvious parallels between Trump and the character of Mr. Potter that they see.
Mr. Potter’s character was obviously written to satirize real-world robber barons, of which Trump is a model example.
Like?
How?