• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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        3 months ago

        It was exciting, in the same way that Fight Club was exciting. But it rested heavily on the idea that one guy doing super-villain style terrorism against an Evil Media Guy was all it took to bring about sweeping social change.

        The name really says it all. This isn’t V for Victory. Its a story about the triumph of nihilism.

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          3 months ago

          What? You mean the terrorist who was arrested for trying to blow up a house of parliament? What’s problematic about that?

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              3 months ago

              He was a papist (i.e. a Catholic theocrat) who was fighting against the Protestant theocracy in England. He wanted to replace a Protestant theocracy with a Catholic theocracy.

              That’s about all I know. I’m not an expert or anything.

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            3 months ago

            you’re confusing the actual Guy Fawkes with the symbol of Guy Fawkes….
            it means something quite different now

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                3 months ago

                yeah ok, “steve from myspace”….
                i’ll take your advice on what’s “cringe” or not….
                honestly every time people use the word cringe in that way, i actually have the physical reaction of cringing….
                cringe