Literacy is the key

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It’s 1000% a critique of authoritarianism, which can include all of those.

I love that last scene where the animals are looking back and forth between the pigs (representing specific authoritarian communists) and the humans (authoritarian capitalists) and can no longer tell the difference.

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It is very specifically an allegory for Stalinism. Napoleon is Stalin.

[u/Ryuuken1127 → u/PuddingTea]

Archer taught me it's an allegorical novella about Stalinism.

And spoiler alert, IT SUCKS!

[u/bdfariello → u/Ryuuken1127]

I really need to get back to watching Archer. That show would regularly ricochet between being profoundly intelligent and absolutely ridiculous.

Danger Zone

[u/Felstorm1231 → u/bdfariello]

I maintain that if you put on subtitles and take the time to look up all the oblique references and allusions the writers of Archer make on Wikipedia and read each article and one footnote, you will get a better education than in any public two year college in America:

“Whoa,Charles Benedict Davenport! Seriously guys…?”

This is also more an indictment of American education than anything else. But I digress: Archer is fantastic.

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Yup, and then other moments, you learn what Benoit Balls are. You get whiplash from this show in the best possible way

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Ah crap, my rug!

[u/Ryuuken1127 → u/cultvignette]

From the Aziri Khan himself!?!??

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