Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agoI hate how true this is.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1569arrow-down17
arrow-up1562arrow-down1external-linkI hate how true this is.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squarenwilz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down9·edit-25 days 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-squareSchmoo@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-25 days 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-squarenwilz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down12·5 days 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?