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Jogeran@jogeran.bsky.social |
First off, it's called a metaphor, and it's clear what the meaning is. Secondly, individual figures are representative of entire movements all the time: If I asked you which British Prime Minister is considered the historical icon of Appeasement during WW2, you'd have an immediate answer.
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Effy, Xiombarg's Hierodule
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You keep saying "represent" to avoid the implications of "embody". Additionally, Baldwin was in reality more of an appeaser than Chamberlain, who was willing to go to war in 1938 and had started rearmament in earnest. Representations are often mythological.
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Jogeran
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People coming to represent ideas larger than themselves is just a core part of how politics work.
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