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minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoIt’s not wrong when viewed as a metaphor. Entire generations aren’t comprised of weak or strong men. It’s fucking stupid to think it means the world works in predictable cycles. What it actually means is, don’t put weak men in charge.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoHow is this a metaphor for “don’t put weak men in charge”??
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoBecause they create bad times? How is this a fucking difficult concept?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 days agoBad people create bad times, it’s pretty simple. People might consider Jimmy Carter a “soft man,” but did he “create bad times”?
minus-squareMotoAsh@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 days agoThose people are not defining ‘soft’ correctly, then. Also the original expression isn’t “soft”, it’s “weak”. Sure, Carter might not have had muscles, but only a vile piece of trash would call him weak. Edit: Interesting how you edited your post to read very different after my response… Almost like you realize you were spouting shit at first.
minus-squareCXORA@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 days agoSo you think saying “x causes y” directly is a metaphor for “x causes y, so dont do x”. Huh. What do you think a metaphor is?
It’s not wrong when viewed as a metaphor.
Entire generations aren’t comprised of weak or strong men. It’s fucking stupid to think it means the world works in predictable cycles.
What it actually means is, don’t put weak men in charge.
How is this a metaphor for “don’t put weak men in charge”??
Because they create bad times? How is this a fucking difficult concept?
Bad people create bad times, it’s pretty simple.
People might consider Jimmy Carter a “soft man,” but did he “create bad times”?
Those people are not defining ‘soft’ correctly, then. Also the original expression isn’t “soft”, it’s “weak”.
Sure, Carter might not have had muscles, but only a vile piece of trash would call him weak.
Edit: Interesting how you edited your post to read very different after my response… Almost like you realize you were spouting shit at first.
So you think saying “x causes y” directly is a metaphor for “x causes y, so dont do x”. Huh. What do you think a metaphor is?