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How is this a meme?
How is this not a meme?
sorry, the first time I saw it the image didn't load on my instance, so I thought OP was saying the title text alone was the meme.
Oh lol of course not, that contextualizes your confusion lol
I mean, a purely text post does seem like the type of meme a Marxist would post. Haha
Fair, lol
The gandalf pictures, it's humourously describing the process of pitching Socialism to Americans. Simple.
You won't get it if you're taking the old bloke and his words at face value.
The meme value comes from the context, being a scene from LOTR.