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[-] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 7 months ago

How is this a meme?

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago

How is this not a meme?

[-] zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago

sorry, the first time I saw it the image didn't load on my instance, so I thought OP was saying the title text alone was the meme.

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 7 months ago

Oh lol of course not, that contextualizes your confusion lol

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

I mean, a purely text post does seem like the type of meme a Marxist would post. Haha

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

Fair, lol

[-] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 months ago

The gandalf pictures, it's humourously describing the process of pitching Socialism to Americans. Simple.

[-] hexabs@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You won't get it if you're taking the old bloke and his words at face value.

The meme value comes from the context, being a scene from LOTR.

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