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0 pointsdunstad6y ago0 comments

Don't believe everything you read. Vonnegut is an author, not a prophet.

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Totally irrelevant; this isn't a matter of the author being one thing or another. The point Vonnegut makes in the story is a philosophical one, namely that a blind pursuit of equality is wicked and inhuman, which is transparently correct.

knolax6y ago

Arguing that point with a fictional novel seems incredibly opaque, inefficient, and sometimes disingenuous.

bdowling6y ago

Sometimes fiction is the best way to express truth.

gred6y ago

this comment : thought :: soylent : food

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Erik8166y ago

Seems like he was both.

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