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Discussion Thread 🪷 Wednesday 8 April 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 5 days ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] TheWitchofThornbury2@aussie.zone 4 points 4 days ago

Most of Aesop's fables were deeply political at the time of writing and were never intended for children. They were the only safe way to speak truth to power in an autocracy. Especially for a slave like Aesop was. I suspect that they've been 'edited for political correctness' a number of times over the last 2,500 years too.