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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

That's all well and good, but Asterix is a satirical comic book making a point about wage slavery, not happy slaves. The author is French, the story in France, and the slaves are Roman.

And I might have imagined the re-enslaving, too. I can't find it in plot summaries. Maybe it's in the movie adaptation, but the scene of their "freeing" is pretty clear about its point.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hLmniv6RNPs

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

The author is French, the story in France, and the slaves are Roman.

No shortage of French slavery in the New World. Just ask anyone from Louisiana or Haiti.

Maybe it’s in the movie adaptation, but the scene of their “freeing” is pretty clear about its point.

Oh sure. You can find all sorts of period critiques of industrial capitalism as slavery with extra steps.

But the notion that people would volunteer to return to bondage really undersells how hard plantation overseers and state police in slave states had to work to keep them there.