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What I love most about this scene is that it represented anarchists fairly decently. Yes they're a bit silly but so is the whole film. However they didn't equate them with random chaos or Anomie.

However they accurately deconstruct the farce of the monarchy and why it makes no sense that it has power over them, which most everyone can understand. However if one were to replace the King with the State or Capitalists, suddenly the liberals would treat the anarchists as inane.

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 6 months ago (5 children)

Well, yes, but the skit is also making fun of the anarchists. When Denis tries to explain their overcomplicated beureacracy, the point is that their commune is functionally broken and incapable of accomplishing anything as a community, which is why they live their lives digging in the mud.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yes, but that is such a more realistic criticism of anarchist structure, than "lol chaos and bombs" that it's still refreshing to see.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Lol at the fact that anarchists are so often misunderstood that we're just happy to be criticized intelligently instead of mindlessly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

is this the line for chaos and bombs?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My name is Professor Chaos! Muahahahaha

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

No, this is Patrick.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Help, I'm being oppressed!!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Witness the violence inherent in the system!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Did you see him opressin' me, you saw it, didn't you

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Oh Dennis, there's some lovely filth down here

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's an ambiguous utopia

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Kinda like the scene in Easy Rider.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago