We Forge The Rule
We Forge The Rule
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I understand the context of this is from Charles Dickens, but another interpretation I've gleaned from it is how we as a collective have forged our own chains.
Not only in the state structure that we uphold lest we be struck down by it, but also in arbitrary norms which we all force each other to conform to. It can be understood both as 'we' as individuals reaping what we sow, but also 'we' as a society imprisoning ourselves together in our own construct.
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It is a low day when you're called out by the drive thru hot dog stand
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In A Christmas Carol, Jacob Marley says, “I wear the chain I forged in life”. This is a metaphor for the negative consequences of his actions, which weigh him down as a ghost. Marley made the chain link by link and yard by yard, and he wore it of his own free will.
It's basically saying Karma is real. It's meant for a simpler time than today as this story is from Charles Dickens in 1843.
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Sir this is a hot dog
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Am I the only one who thought this was quoting A Christmas Carol?
(The line there being from Jacob Marley's ghost: "I wear the chains I forged in life." Which I still think this is might be paraphrasing, if somewhat muddled.)
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So... Queer folks have created queerphobia? And Black and brown people, racism? And disabled people, ableism? And abuse victims, their own abuse? And so on..?
Fuck this gaslighting victim blaming noise.
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You might want to work on your literacy.
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That was how I read it, idk what is up with some of these other commenters, where they literally can't conceive of that meaning
Its not philosophically "deep" in a funny place, it is exactly the kind of philosophy you would expect on the sign of a chain hot dog restaurant
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It's a quote from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". Scrooge is told this by the ghost of an old business partner, warning him that his miserly greed has consequences. It's a good book, but if you're not up for reading it, you can get the gist from "The Muppets Christmas Carol". 🎅
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That's really missing the point.
All those things you've described are taking away from People's options, their choices. They're disempowering.
The point of the quote is to remind people that they have more power in their lives than they think. You have choices you don't yet realise.
Its not a cure all, it is worth knowing.
We all forge chains on ourselves because we had to at some point, often just to survive. Knowing that, we can learn to break those chains when we don't need them anymore.
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... That's certainly an interpretation.
Have you seen Fight Club? Think along the line of 'things we own end up owning us'.
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You can ignore the sign jesus christ
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I think it's meant in a more metaphorical sense.
Mental chains holding yourself back from reaching your potential or personal forfillment and happiness.
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So… Queer folks have created queerphobia? And Black and brown people, racism? And disabled people, ableism? And abuse victims, their own abuse? And so on…?
Because those (E: not to mention poverty, which is bad enough on its own, but massively exacerbated by the above) sure as fucking hell stand in the way of and deeply impact personal fucking fulfilment and happiness.
This shit is nothing more than the liberal way of telling people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps.
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