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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @PnictogenSystem

      Yeah so one of George Orwell's best essays was his profile of Charles Dickens from the POV of leftist politics and asking whether Dickens was a friend or foe to revolution And this is a recurring theme through all of Dickens' work - balking before really calling for change

      3 replies 7 retweets 44 likes
    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      Repeatedly Dickens falls back on a deus ex machina of a benevolent millionaire coming in at the end of the story to put everything right by writing a big check to everyone As Orwell points out, someone so eager to give money away seems unlikely to get rich in the first place

      2 replies 5 retweets 60 likes
    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      And, of course, A Christmas Carol, a short and very didactic and sentimental early work, is the ur-example and is all about giving a supernatural explanation for such a thing happening Which is all very satisfying within the story but Christmas ghosts don't seem that common irl

      1 reply 1 retweet 40 likes
    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      And, yeah, it's cheating The ending of the story where Scrooge is giving away his whole fortune and freaking people out at his great generosity is only possible because he was such an asshole for the whole first part of the story

      3 replies 2 retweets 43 likes
    8. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      A Scrooge who never got rich this way in the first place wouldn't be able to afford to buy the biggest turkey in the shop and surprise Bob Cratchit with it on a whim He wouldn't get to be a hero, to be the center of the story

      3 replies 4 retweets 47 likes
    9. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      The world would be a better place in countless little ways - Bob Cratchit might not be dirt poor in the first place, ten thousand people in London might not be suffering under predatory loans - but there'd be no one to give the credit to

      1 reply 2 retweets 48 likes
    10. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      That's the whole thing about this kind of sentimentalism Leftist politics is ultimately at odds with it (no gods, no heroes) The goal of socialism is a world without charity because there's no need or opportunity for it

      2 replies 5 retweets 60 likes
      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
      Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

      For people who buy warm fuzzies from charity that's a horrifying thought - the joy on Tiny Tim's face is a product they spend their wealth on

      2:22 PM - 24 Dec 2020
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        2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 24 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

          A lot of rich people have Scrooge's arc as their actual life plan - spend the first 50 years of their life getting rich by fucking people over, then spend their retirement slowly undoing the damage via charity and getting cookies and applause for it It's very common

          8 replies 19 retweets 91 likes
        3. Gareth Wilson‏ @GGarethwilson 24 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

          It's better than another popular life plan.

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        2. Val Syverson‏ @vjpsyverson 24 Dec 2020
          Replying to @arthur_affect @PnictogenSystem

          Is this true? It’s like the opposite of my motivations; giving charity is always distressing to me because I can’t avoid thinking about aaallll the other people I can’t afford to give anything to and so I tbh do it less than I optimally should. Sounds so weird to me to enjoy that

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        3. David Pellow - Respect the NHS Cash not claps  💙‏ @pellowponders 24 Dec 2020
          Replying to @vjpsyverson

          They don't enjoy it so much as feel good and use that feeling to justify being in a position where they can afford to help as many people as they want but choose to help the ones that give them the best pr. It's the feeling they enjoy, not the giving.

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