Sure, that would be worse than a few starving people getting some bread temporarily. If the baker is dead then there will be more starving people then we started with.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2024
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Generally, bakers are blue collar hardworkers who do not gluttonously hoard their resources and instead sell at prices necessary for sustainability with a modest to moderate level of profit margins; eliminating one baker would reduce the number of skilled workers who know how to produce goods/services critical to society. The same cannot be said about people in certain other positions whom the aforementioned hypothetical you might instead want to kill.
If the artist believes that bakers’ role in society is not comparable to certain parasitic roles, that subtext has been lost in the satiric trope inversion.
Edit: Apparently this is an old comic, so the inferred modern subtext is not the artist’s intent. I was trying to think of a better scenario for what the artist was trying to convey. You want to kill a child but the child has O- blood and is registered for organ donation upon death?
This feels like a slightly odd take for SMBC given the assumed subtext
It’s an old comic I’ve found through the random feature. Felt like it would elicit some good discussion.
good discussion about what ?
Killing bakers
Why do you want to talk about killing bakers ?
Bakers have skills and contribute to their communities, unlike ceos. I don’t think it’s relevant to Luigi
I went to a house and I asked for some bread
And the lady says, "scram, bum, the baker is dead"
Hallelujah, I'm a bum
Hallelujah, bum again
Hallelujah, give us a handout
To revive us again
Why are we killing bakers?
Just go to your nearest chain supermarket and shoplift!