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You realize it's an allegory, right?
by Judgmentality 6y ago
You realize it's an allegory, right?
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt's fine to reply to an allegory with "you're right, that solution doesn't work, but it doesn't preclude other solutions because of these reasons, so don't use it to make decisions".
- Judgmentality 6y agoThat's very different from a comment which suggests he doesn't realize it's an allegory.
- Dylan16807 6y agoThe comment directly says it's not a good analogy. Complaining that they didn't specifically say "allegory" is really nitpicky. The terms are very close and overlap.
- Judgmentality 6y agoIf someone says Animal Farm is a good story, but it wouldn't work if the animals were humans, I would say they didn't get the message.
- Dylan16807 6y agoDepends on what reason they gave. If they misunderstand something about humanity, that's a great jumping point toward discussion. But if they said "yes, those politics would happen in humans, but some of these other factors are more important toward the eventual outcome[...]" then that's perfectly compatible with understanding the story. And that's roughly what the earlier commenter did! They accepted the argument that jobs will go away, while saying the secondary and tertiary effects would be different.
- Judgmentality 6y agoFair, I'm sure it doesn't seem like it but I really don't want to argue. We're obviously reading that comment differently. Cheers.
- colinmhayes 6y agoAnimal farm is a fictional story about humans disguised as animals. The horse allegory is a non-fictional story about the downfall of horses which are very much not human-like.
- Judgmentality 6y agoThe horse allegory is a fictional story involving talking horses. It is hardly any more fictional than a symbolic retelling of communism spreading. Both are intended to prove a point, not accurately portray the details of history.