I’m writing a currently genre ambiguous Sci-Fi/lovecraft/spaceopera/superhero novel that doesn’t outright declare everyone is openly is Maoist/Anarchist/Stalinist/Etc., (the alien characters won’t have human etymology for their ideologies) and maybe it’s not actually all that political on the surface anyways, but any tips for slipping in vegan and leftist dog-whistles?
“Under no pretext”
“The _______ and its consequences have been a disaster for _______”
and its consequences have been a disaster for
While a funny meme here, it’s originally from Ted Kaczynski, who wasn’t really a leftist.
What is to be done
I don’t even know what this sentence means and I was already planning on having a character say this line.
Kind of topical because of this week’s chapo episode, but I think vampires have been employed to stand in for the bourgeoisie.
we don’t have dog whistles because there’s no way to say we should accept people, housing and feeding them, and destroy anyone who disagrees covertly. any sly reference to billionaires would be interpreted as anti-semitism, and calling out bigotry without naming it is liberal garbage. dogwhistels only really occur for dominant social ideologies
yes, but the point is you have to call out billionaires directly and make clear what is wrong about them. This isn’t subtle or sneaky.
I just think it could maybe work to have some villains who blame the billionaires shit on a racial group to go with sly anti-billlionaire stuff
Yeah I came here to say this. Only overt leftism tracks as leftism most of the time. Sly leftist jargon in most situations can easily be redirected into fascism or get interpreted as wild conspiracy theory. The only time I’ve been able to dogwhistle leftist things have been in situations where leftism was already kind of occuring, but I wanted to push it further. Like I slipped in a lot of jargon when I tried unionizing, plus when I do volunteer work I’ll talk to the homeless folk about how landlords are parasites.
I think that’s more about acclimating people to leftist ideas rather than secretly messaging your true base. similar but not quite the same. Like, the message is same top to bottom, no matter who reads it with what you’re doing, while dogwhistles read different once you understand.
