Anyone know where I can read a copy of what’s probably actually a great children’s book?

  • Marxism-Fennekinism
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    To understand Western imperialists, read Western fairy tales. Not the Disney ones, the original, fucked up ones.

    Here’s a sample:

    Cinderella’s step sisters chop off parts of their feet to fit in the slipper. The crows then peck out their eyes and they spend their lives as blind beggars.

    Sleeping beauty is not kissed awake by a prince (and even that would be considered sexual assault in most modern countries as it’s still non-consentual contact of a sexual nature or with sexual intent), instead, she is r*ped by a king, gets pregnant in her sleep, and wakes up due to the pain of childbirth.

    The little mermaid doesn’t just trade her voice for human legs, she also gets cursed that every step she takes as a human will feel like walking on knives. When the prince cheats on her, she is given the recourse of killing him to prevent her own death. She refuses to at the last minute, and throws herself into the sea where she dissolves.

    Still want to talk about how Soviet kids stories are apparently the worst?

    • @Magos_Galactose
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      181 year ago

      There’s also that one story (I forgot the name) that kids burn a woman to death. Granted, she’s a witch, but still…

        • @Magos_Galactose
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          Yep. Wikipedia confirm that’s the one I was thinking about.

          Gosh, the story is worst than I remembered. According to wikipedia…

          When a famine settles over the land, the woodcutter’s second wife tells the woodcutter to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves, so that she and her husband do not starve to death. The woodcutter opposes the plan, but his wife claims that maybe a stranger will take the children in and provide for them, which the woodcutter and she simply cannot do.

          Yep, off to a good start.

    • @pgtl_10
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      131 year ago

      Don’t forget red riding hood. In fairness she took an axe and killed a wolf so that’s pretty dope.

  • stasis
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    1 year ago

    the economist being the economist

  • @201dberg
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    I need to find some good communist literature for children. My buddy just had a baby and I told him I was gonna feed that kid so much communist propaganda.

  • @SpaceDogs
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    211 year ago

    The Economist is so fucking annoying. I thought they liked autocrats.

  • @50_CENT_ARMY
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    211 year ago

    To understand autocrats and their decisions make sure to read some random bullshit and of course look at our own propaganda newspaper. Thank you Economist 👍 Grab a copy of animal farm while you’re at it

    • @redtea
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      161 year ago

      They do seem to love fairy tales.

  • JucheBot1988
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    To understand liberal media like the Economist, bang your head against a wall until you get severe brain damage, and then note how it still seems like an insult to your intelligence.