Current Events > Why can't more media be apolitical? That's why Moby Dick is my fav book.

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Doom_Art
07/03/23 10:32:59 PM
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No politics, no big complicated ideas. Just a simple story about a guy hunting a whale.

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DarthAragorn
07/03/23 10:33:31 PM
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Never read it. What politics are in it?

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Skankhair
07/03/23 10:34:19 PM
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Doom_Art posted...
No politics, no big complicated ideas. Just a simple story about a guy hunting a whale.

Whether whale hunting is legal or not is political though.

Whether youre even allowed to read the book or not is political.
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GATTJT
07/03/23 10:38:00 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
Never read it. What politics are in it?
There aren't any, pay attention

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RchHomieQuanChi
07/03/23 10:39:29 PM
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Yeah, I'm tired of being reminded of politics every time I watch something.

That's why I love Star Wars and Metal Gear Solid.

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Tyranthraxus
07/03/23 10:40:06 PM
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What are you talking about? The very first line of the book is about the main characters gender identity.

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__aCEr__
07/03/23 10:41:15 PM
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They'd never write a story about a black whale.

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CoolMaskGuy
07/03/23 11:24:07 PM
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GATTJT posted...
There aren't any, pay attention

Whenever people make topics like this, its always the opposite of what they say as theyre trying to make fun of people who say this
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Notti
07/03/23 11:29:20 PM
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People just need to stop with all this politicizin and just read something simple, like Dr Seuss. Be like children.

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Jiek_Fafn
07/03/23 11:29:45 PM
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But Ishmael was a gay guy and there were lots of black folks in the crew that were existing. If that's not wokeness then idk what is

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Kradek
07/03/23 11:29:57 PM
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I came into this topic incensed and left content.

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Skankhair
07/03/23 11:42:47 PM
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DarthAragorn posted...
Never read it. What politics are in it?

The Pequod is named after a tribe that was genocided by puritans. The crew is 30 people and the US had 30 states at the time. While that could be a coincidence, Melville was very politically involved and was the part of the Young America group, so people have surmised that the Pequod was an allegory for the country and the crewmen were each of the states. Captain Ahab was an allegory for a dictator who doomed the entire crew/country in trying to capture the white whale who he viewed as evil because it had taken his leg (even though the whale was defending itself).

The crew know they are in danger and that capturing the white whale specifically is not the actual purpose of the voyage (they are supposed to be hunting any whales for the oil, not chasing one specific whale as a vendetta) but come up with rationales to not mutiny Ahab.

So a mad man ruler with a personal vendetta dooms his country who is too afraid to overthrow him in a breakdown of democracy. There might be some criticism of manifest destiny in there too.
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Revisited
07/04/23 12:00:45 AM
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You never hear about manifest destiny anymore. Have we already manifested it?
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Anteaterking
07/04/23 12:04:08 AM
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What's the worst example of this that you've actually seen?

Video games: I saw someone say this with Bioshock

Movies: Maybe someone who thought Robocop was just an action movie.

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07/04/23 12:08:19 AM
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Anteaterking posted...
What's the worst example of this that you've actually seen?

Video games: I saw someone say this with Bioshock

Movies: Maybe someone who thought Robocop was just an action movie.
To be fair I can't imagine how robocop or even bioshock fits there was nothing there. Unless the big sister little sister thing is an allegory for girl scouts peddling girl scout cookies
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mercurydude
07/04/23 12:13:40 AM
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Notti posted...
People just need to stop with all this politicizin and just read something simple, like Dr Seuss. Be like children.

Except for The Lorax, because that triggers the """"apolitical"""" people.

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StormSignal
07/04/23 12:14:25 AM
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woah

books are cool

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07/04/23 12:39:48 AM
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mercurydude posted...
Except
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Tyranthraxus
07/04/23 12:42:50 AM
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Anteaterking posted...
What's the worst example of this that you've actually seen?

Video games:

Without fail the biggest "I hate politics in muh Vidya" are always turbo weebs whose favorite games are shit like Final Fantasy Tactics, Metal Gear Solid, or Xenogears


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StormSignal
07/04/23 1:17:42 AM
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i didnt know the allman brothers band was in this

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Kim_Seong-a
07/04/23 1:21:20 AM
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To be fair I can't imagine how robocop or even bioshock fits there was nothing there. Unless the big sister little sister thing is an allegory for girl scouts peddling girl scout cookies

Isn't Bioshock just 20 hours of the devs shitting on Ayn Rand Libertarians?

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Phantom_Nook
07/04/23 1:22:54 AM
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you stole this joke from Parks and Recreation.

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Skankhair
07/04/23 1:23:46 AM
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You never hear about manifest destiny anymore. Have we already manifested it?

What about womanifest destinys child?
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TheGoldenEel
07/04/23 2:23:51 AM
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Anteaterking posted...
What's the worst example of this that you've actually seen?

Video games: I saw someone say this with Bioshock

Movies: Maybe someone who thought Robocop was just an action movie.
When Black Sabbath announced a Black Lives Matter shirt and all the posts were people complaining that they got political

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Tyranthraxus
07/04/23 2:27:07 AM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
When Black Sabbath announced a Black Lives Matter shirt and all the posts were people complaining that they got political

I assume they also all thought Ozzy was still in the band

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indica
07/04/23 2:32:28 AM
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Kim_Seong-a posted...
Isn't Bioshock just 20 hours of the devs shitting on Ayn Rand Libertarians?
It's not JUST that...

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YourBestFrenemy
07/04/23 2:37:00 AM
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Doom_Art posted...
No politics, no big complicated ideas. Just a simple story about a guy hunting a whale.

I'll just go ahead and assume you haven't actually read it, (even though it's your favorite book).

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Revisited
07/04/23 10:05:01 PM
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^ ^ Wait were you SO embarrassed that you took his post so seriously and didn't realize he was quoting parks that you up and closed your account?

That's an unprecedented level of socially awkward
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Kradek
07/04/23 10:58:29 PM
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^ ^ Wait were you SO embarrassed that you took his post so seriously and didn't realize he was quoting parks that you up and closed your account?

That's an unprecedented level of socially awkward

Damn, I've known that poster for quite awhile on the Politics board. Weird that they're closed now and without any alts they just randomly disappeared from my discussions.

I hope it wasn't cause of that, cause damn, all you gotta do is own up to being wrong.

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