How is the Grinch anti-capitalist? Small-hearted Grinch hoards all the presents but his goal is to make others sad/not sing, iirc. And after his heart-soze increase he is more generous and contrite… but is either of those behaviors anti-capitalist?
If we stretch and pretend the Grinch returning stolen property is “generous sharing” and that’s anti-capitalist then we’d probably have to rethink Santa too (even tho often used as a prop in commercials).
The Grinch saw all the commercialized trappings of Christmas and hated it because that’s what he thought it was all about. It was only after he saw the Whos still celebrating even without the commercialization that he understood the “true meaning of Christmas” and wanted to be nice to them instead.
The anti-capitalist part was his motivation in the first place. If anything, returning the stuff was an erosion of that belief (I don’t think it was – I think it was more neutral than that – but if you had to debate it through that lens the point could be argued).
How is the Grinch anti-capitalist? Small-hearted Grinch hoards all the presents but his goal is to make others sad/not sing, iirc. And after his heart-soze increase he is more generous and contrite… but is either of those behaviors anti-capitalist?
If we stretch and pretend the Grinch returning stolen property is “generous sharing” and that’s anti-capitalist then we’d probably have to rethink Santa too (even tho often used as a prop in commercials).
The Grinch saw all the commercialized trappings of Christmas and hated it because that’s what he thought it was all about. It was only after he saw the Whos still celebrating even without the commercialization that he understood the “true meaning of Christmas” and wanted to be nice to them instead.
The anti-capitalist part was his motivation in the first place. If anything, returning the stuff was an erosion of that belief (I don’t think it was – I think it was more neutral than that – but if you had to debate it through that lens the point could be argued).
The Jim Carrey one leans into the anti-consumerism messages, which I guess isn’t explicitly anti-capitalist but they go hand in hand.
“in your GARBAGE”
The Jim Carrey one completely undermines the original story’s message because the Grinch is right - the Whos really are materialistic assholes.
The last time I saw this meme I argued that the grinch’s spot is better filled by the Reverend Billy and the church of stop shopping.