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thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-09-06 02:03 pm
thatswhatsushewrote) wrote2024-09-06 02:03 pm
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jin guangyao and the "working class heroism" discourse
[originally posted here on september 6, 2024.]
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he’s definitely not a working class hero, but if your critique of jin guangyao’s ‘ambitious social climbing’ at all hinges on arguments that boil down to ‘not knowing his place,’ then boy do i have news for you about where you yourself might fall on the ‘union man’ to ‘union buster’ spectrum.
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my OG tag commentary:
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he’s definitely not a working class hero, but if your critique of jin guangyao’s ‘ambitious social climbing’ at all hinges on arguments that boil down to ‘not knowing his place,’ then boy do i have news for you about where you yourself might fall on the ‘union man’ to ‘union buster’ spectrum.
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my OG tag commentary:
#no i’m not done bitching about this apparently#salty peak sect 🧂#i don’t expect class solidarity from jgy#in part because there is no working class the way we envision it in mdzs#i do expect better from readers of these books#tho maybe i shouldn’t at this point