We once read a book called "Feed" in high school - a ham fisted anti-capitalist book. Wherein citizens are 100% connected to an internet like service that only exists to sell them products. 90% of the class couldnt get it. Even when the teacher sat down and explained the entire plot of the book they still couldnt wrap their head around it.

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[–] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Didn’t Ray Bradbury explicitly say Fahrenheit 451 was about how crass and pandering television was compared to literature?

[–] ssjmarx@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He infamously stormed out of a university discussion on the book because he felt everyone there was misinterpreting it.

[–] SaniFlush@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

The line “Jesus Christ selling deodorant” comes to mind