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Originally Posted by theking
No...I compared the "relevancy" of a fictional satirical novel to the "relevancy" of the fictional satirical mockumentaries of Michael Moore.
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I don't know what you mean when you refer to "relevancy". Do you state it like that to illustrate that both works are from the delusional ramblings of madmen and thus no one should attempt to take anything from the works? Are you trying to associate Sinclair with Moore? I'm not going to talk about the obvious propaganda of Michael Moore since it's cloaked in what is laughingly called a documentary.
I haven't read Sinclair's book but am familiar with other forms of fiction that were used for political decent while preventing the author from suffering political persecution (nursery rhymes, poetry, science fiction - my personal favorite is Paradise Lost by John Milton).
The point of some of the greatest works of fiction is to teach us (and help us teach our children) of various forms of corruption and tyrrany.