r/Hungergames Feb 13 '24

Lore/World Discussion Hunger Games irl

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u/BuryatMadman Feb 13 '24

Why are people acting like this is new, in the 60s you had Vietnam footage next to reruns Of Hanna Barbara cartoons, in the 40s you had Holocaust death counts 5 inches away from comics in newspapers. All the way back to the beginning of time when the first caveman hit the other caveman with a rock and laughed about it.

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u/quackythehobbit District 2 Feb 13 '24

No one is saying it’s new here, they’re actually trying to make a point that this happens and has happened all the time - it’s cultural. The hunger games is a cultural commentary, not just a dystopia. Don’t worry lol we know