3mo ago

I hate how true this is.

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I wonder how many Trump supporters watch without realizing that Mr. Potter in all his greed and lack of empathy is Trump (though in fairness, arguably a better businessman than Donnie). I'm going to wager all.
- There was a post a few days past about someone watching the movie with his dad and his dad just says he'd shoot Mr. Potter.
  OP then asked his dad, "so you're okay with shooting the CEO now?"
  Dad shut up about it after that.
  Conservatives like to believe that they are the heroes of the story. Where they are the paragons of virtue but in reality, they want to control and oppress people. That's it.
  
  I remember years ago someone ran down what Potter's horrible, evil, awful, inhuman, immoral, interest rate was on his loans...
  2%.
- They watch it and think how nice it is that angels exist.
- You know it's a movie right? It's not real life
  
  Yea, when has any art form been an allegory for real life.
  
  Telling you it's a movie makes me a fascist lol. That's a new one
  
  I wasn't necessarily accusing you of being a fascist, only pointing out that insisting media does not have deeper meaning beyond the surface level is a common element of fascism.
  
  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.
  
  obvious parallels
  Like?
  Trump is a model example.
  How?
  
  Jfc
  
  It's not real life
  You're right. It's a wonderful life. Says so right in the title.

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