I wrote a book called "Crap Towns". It seemed funny at the time

Re:I wrote a book called "Crap Towns". It seemed funny at th... by top1bobby on Saturday April 26, 2025 @12:30AM (#43800947)

I heard overwrought reductionism is the new thing.

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Re:I wrote a book called "Crap Towns". It seemed funny at th... by necovek on Saturday April 26, 2025 @11:06AM (#43804265)

I though I had a decent command of English language, even if I am not a native speaker, but I have no ide what is "naive structuralism" or "overwrought reductionism" in this context.

Would any of you care to elaborate? I am serious, I am not familiar much with the UK political scene so can't tie these normal sounding phrases to anything, and would honestly appreciate some help.

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Re:I wrote a book called "Crap Towns". It seemed funny at th... by ear7h on Saturday April 26, 2025 @02:21PM (#43805923)

This sounds like an intellectual debate but there's nothing of substance being said here lol. casey2 thinks British people today are wrongly (naively) complaining about the rich/powerful/elite (structuralism). top1bobby is making fun of casey2 because the latter is using a lot of big words (overwrought) while _reducing_ complicated politics to a single issue; basically "you think you're smart with fancy words but you are just as bad as the people you complain about (P.S. I can use fancy words too)"

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Re:I wrote a book called "Crap Towns". It seemed funny at th... by necovek on Sunday April 27, 2025 @03:39AM (#43810165)

Thanks for the rundown, appreciated! :)

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