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pleasecallmechrist posted:Implying that at the highest levels of power the Civil War wasn't actually fought to consolidate Industrialist power by destroying the agricultural barons of the South. lol although i will say i didn't find the potential-possession at the end really that compelling either? it also sort of had the effect of lionizing lincoln as one of either a spirit of vengeance or a supernaturally woke anti-racist which a) seems ahistorical and b) somewhat undoes much of the effort spent in humanizing him and placing him in context as a historical figure. it was not quite as jarring as if jesus' time in the garden of gethsemane had ended up with g-d giving him a slap on the back and saying "go get 'em, champ," but it still didn't feel great
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i was all set for a troll of the form “saunders’ sentimentality, while effective in his short stories, turns maudlin and superficial when stretched out to novel lengths.” i should have aimed higher.
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my mail delivery person has been leaving packages precariously balanced on top of my mailbox that is right on a public street, so my packages have been stolen pretty much half the time. but this time the thief tore open my amazon delivery envelope, saw that it contained nothing but wittgenstein's mistress and universal harvester, and just put it back on top of my mailbox, which i interpret as an Omen.
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