Could We? - eviltoast
  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    3 days ago

    … ok, but the og quote is about the near and absolutely inevitable death … so while qewl I think it has misfortune pessimistic undertones (I’m not saying that’s inaccurate tho).

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      3 days ago

      It . . is taken from the famous Dylan Thomas poem “Do not go gentle into that good night”, which is about death, yes. But I thought the word changes made it more relevant to politics, not really a doom-y thing. Just, like, catchy.

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        2 days ago

        Yes, I’m def not denying that!
        I just noted what my immediate association was - that it is about making the most of a hopeless situation without changing the result, just ones dignity & resolve before that inevitable, same, unchanged result (in contrast with elections very much being about the result and change after/because of that).

        Don’t think anything of it, it’s just me.