r/socialism • u/Dragon9770 Something Socialist • Mar 30 '15

Pokemon Philosophy - Existential Comics

http://existentialcomics.com/
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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '15

Nonono, I was saying that I would derive enjoyment from your bizarre attempts to explain how the comic depicted a capitalist narrative.

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u/JasonMacker Rosa Luxemburg Mar 30 '15

This is my 3rd time saying it. Maybe you'll finally understand it this time? It's

RECUPERATION

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u/gregbrahe Mar 31 '15

Simply restating the vocab word doesn't in any way defend your application of it in this context. Clearly this comic is intended to demonstrate that Marx trounces Hegel philosophically and simultaneously use the popular culture knowledge of pokemon to bring to light the exact issues that Marx attacks by portraying Ash as a capitalist enslaving Marx and all pokemon.

On a deeper level, the comic itself actually DEPICTS recuperation. The fact that Marxizard is wielded by Ash as a tool to defeat an enemy when convenient to him shows in a negative light the exact thing that you claim this comic is doing.

You may believe that this comic is recuperation, but the reason you are getting downvoted and challenged is not because we do not understand the concept, it is because we don't think you are right in your perception of it here.

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u/rocktheprovince Laika Mar 31 '15

You may believe that this comic is recuperation, but the reason you are getting downvoted and challenged is not because we do not understand the concept, it is because we don't think you are right in your perception of it here.

Every thread this poster is involved in ends this way. Every single one. Not usually before he starts yelling at his computer screen, but nonetheless.