• schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Stories can have multiple meanings, even to the same person, and different meanings can be the emotional drive behind sharing the story, even if they are never explicitly stated.

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      4 hours ago

      Sure, and people can read whatever they want into a text even if it’s not there.

      Do you remember the phrase “to each according to their need, from each according to their ability”? Socialism and communism has always valued hard work. Pushing the value of hard work is not a capitalist conspiracy, it was literally most of the messaging of the Soviet Union.

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        4 hours ago

        An immediate example is what I’m taking from your comments despite, “I am media-illiterate” not being present in the text.