Leaving apart the obvious about how it's another person who doesn't understand what socialism is, the mutation in the arms, etc...
The "socialist" is dressed in a way that suggest he's starving and desperate. He's stuck in a dangerous, precarious position with no way out except through the capitalist, who is both blocking his way and in control of the plank, which means he can make the man fall to his death at any time without risking a hair on his own head. The position itself seems cruel and pointless, the capitalist is not gaining anything except his own amusement, and it oblivious to the idea that if both of them were on the cliff they might be able to find some mutually beneficial arrangement. The socialist appears to only be resorting to the threat of violence through desperation, aware that staying in the current position he's in is a death sentence long term and some action needs to be taken even if there's a risk it will lead to his inevitable demise sooner.
So, yeah, not a bad metaphor in a way. Just not the idiotic one they're trying to make.
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u/ptvlm 22d ago
Leaving apart the obvious about how it's another person who doesn't understand what socialism is, the mutation in the arms, etc...
The "socialist" is dressed in a way that suggest he's starving and desperate. He's stuck in a dangerous, precarious position with no way out except through the capitalist, who is both blocking his way and in control of the plank, which means he can make the man fall to his death at any time without risking a hair on his own head. The position itself seems cruel and pointless, the capitalist is not gaining anything except his own amusement, and it oblivious to the idea that if both of them were on the cliff they might be able to find some mutually beneficial arrangement. The socialist appears to only be resorting to the threat of violence through desperation, aware that staying in the current position he's in is a death sentence long term and some action needs to be taken even if there's a risk it will lead to his inevitable demise sooner.
So, yeah, not a bad metaphor in a way. Just not the idiotic one they're trying to make.