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They aren't the primary villains, but they're sure as shit the bumbling secondary antagonists.

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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Damn Pippin catching some strays here.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I like to think he represents the naive but genuine goodwill of the "blue no matter who" crowd that subscribe to the just world fallacy, believe the Democrats are "doing their best," and that the system is still capable of self-repair despite those mechanisms having been dismantled decades ago by the capitalists and their captured government.

The I do believe in ~~fairies~~ the benevolence of free market forces neoliberal voter that needs to pretend if they just go to work and keep their head down everything will normalize. If Citizens United didn't spell out that our current constitutional framework was dead and well into decomposition, you're hopeless.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

I think that's a pretty fair assessment, although I wouldn't consider Pippin (nor naive good faith Democrats) as antagonists.

I would also point out that while being a giant pain in the ass during the journey, Middle Earth falls without his actions.