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    The fact that neither side even breathes the word Lysistrata explains a lot about how you got there

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      i can forgive people for not referencing an ancient comedy that would take an entire paragraph of preamble to explain its relevant before making a point about a fictional story from a long time ago.

      it’s not like it was a history.

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        313 days ago

        “In a move straight out of lysistrata, an ancient greek comedy where women withold sexual favours to stop a war”

        I literally read that shit as part of a three month subject in year nine

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            It sets a context for people unfamiliar with 4B.

            Most people outside of Korea won’t be familiar with its internal politics, but anyone with the most basic education will know what Lysistrata is about.

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              i consider myself to have at least a basic level of education, and this was my first time hearing about Lysistrata

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          Yeah we talking about America though. From experience we spend more time on our own states history than the entirety of Greece and Rome, except in relation to why so much Greco-Roman shit is in our country. I’m pretty sure we didn’t cover any Greek comedies.

          You don’t need to know any of that nonsense to be a good little patriotic non unionized factory worker.

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        an ancient comedy that would take an entire paragraph of preamble to explain

        It shouldn’t need explaining, though.

        It’s basic common knowledge that anyone with the slightest interest in not being ignorant should have been familiar with by the time they finished general education.

        (You don’t need to have watched or read the play, mind, that might be out of your control depending on its availability in your context, but there’s no excuse for not knowing it exists and what it’s about.)