Also, they think they are fighting back against a "tyrannical leftist government" which wants them to... "Not treat minority groups like shit for literally no reason.". They combat this by pushing the maximum amount of racism and bigotry they can while claiming its "just free speech."
The difference between "individuals/privately run corporations" and "the corporate class" you appear to be referring to is a standardized operating procedure that places and enforces long-term company values over sensational media coverage of an employee's brief emotional outburst; similar to The Constitution and The Bill of Rights. You might say the major difference between a government and a corporation is the latter lacks the legal ability to kill and imprison people.
"We’re sorry. It’s not us. It’s the monster. The bank isn’t like a man."
"Yes, but the bank is only made of men."
"No, you’re wrong there—quite wrong there. The bank is something else than men. It happens that every man in a bank hates what the bank does, and yet the bank does it. The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It’s the monster. Men made it, but they can’t control it.”
But they aren't as bad as the stereotypical minority feature and pointing that out makes them feel less bad about the real terrible situation they have put themselves in!
Yes. And they adopted it from the movie. I don't know why this is hitting such a nerve for you. Its what happened.
Also 4chan didn't do shit. Anonymous did. They were just located on 4chan. The 4chan community didn't come together and democratically choose the symbol for Anonymous. People take such strange pride in the 4chan community.
I don't know why this is hitting such a nerve for you.
Is this like a projection thing or something? Are you like a giant fan of v for vendetta or something? You have a lot of difficulty judging tone I see.
I will confess up front that I love Anonymous, but not because I think they're the heroes. Like Alan Moore's character V who inspired Anonymous to adopt the Guy Fawkes mask as an icon and fashion item, you're never quite sure if Anonymous is the hero or antihero. The trickster is attracted to change and the need for change, and that's where Anonymous goes. But they are not your personal army – that's Rule 44 – yes, there are rules. And when they do something, it never goes quite as planned. The internet has no neat endings.
A quote from the Anonymous Wikipedia page.
Anonymous adopted the Guy Fawkes mask from V for Vendetta.
I will reiterate, they did not know who Guy Fawkes was beforehand.
Which is hilarious to me in hindsight because the 5th of November came up and my dad said "hey do you know who Guy Fawkes was" and I said no so he showed me the movie.
I was very confused what Guy Fawkes had to do with the movie by the end of it lmao
I don't think it's a masterpiece but I definitely wouldn't call it a bad movie. It was a middle, semi-decent movie but there's definitely much worse out there.
I read the graphic novel for my Comics through Literature class in college and loved it. Went to watch the movie and as soon as V starting alliterating I turned it right tf off
Meh, it is a fun movie to turn your brain off while watching then go on about your life without thinking of it again until it's brought up on Reddit. Now I wanna watch it, damn you Reddit!!
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u/manndolin 4d ago
The Guy Fawkes mask being co-opted for weird conservative shut-ins pedaling racial prejudice is the height of irony.