Sure I get it but jokes mean stuff and can shape some ways of thinking specially to newer members people still learning, so I like to be on the cautionary side and leave my two cents here.
It doesnt even have to be a joke and we can lean into it completely seriously without having to justify ourselves. I disagree with the premsises comrade bear puts forward. Pasolini managed to straddle this line perfectly well as a communist.
Jesus was a revolutionary, remember; he freed his people from slavery. He didnt implement communism afterwards, of course; but we can see him for the progressive he actually was removed from the mythos of him. Thats Pasolini’s point, and I think its a good one to internalize as it allows us to communicate on better ground with less radical religous people.
This image is only a joke. It is an inside joke among communists.
Sure I get it but jokes mean stuff and can shape some ways of thinking specially to newer members people still learning, so I like to be on the cautionary side and leave my two cents here.
I love lemmygrad because we have the stupid memes seasoned with straight unfun reasoning.
Just to acknowledge the fun, not removing it, but also highlighting the possible issues.
My point precisely, I didn’t dislike the intent of the picture, it is fun but I like to temper it with reasonable criticism, all about contradictions
It doesnt even have to be a joke and we can lean into it completely seriously without having to justify ourselves. I disagree with the premsises comrade bear puts forward. Pasolini managed to straddle this line perfectly well as a communist.
Jesus was a revolutionary, remember; he freed his people from slavery. He didnt implement communism afterwards, of course; but we can see him for the progressive he actually was removed from the mythos of him. Thats Pasolini’s point, and I think its a good one to internalize as it allows us to communicate on better ground with less radical religous people.