• NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    So I asked myself the question: If The Simpsons served the interests of organized crime, how would it do so?

    I’m just saying, there is a very thin line between genius and insanity…

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      7 months ago

      Yeah, this thing vacillates wildly between insightful and utter nonsense more than perhaps anything else I’ve ever read.

      I thought this line was impressive:

      …fascism, which is perhaps best understood as kleptocracy at the barrel of a gun.