“X is acting like Voldemort. Voldemort level evil. Literally 1984.” What are you a child?
If someone brags about reading for status but only reads fiction, their knowledge is useless in practice. Fiction can be great, but treat it like junk food, enjoyable but not real world wisdom
They won’t extend that metaphor for those on the ground actually fighting against the empire (ie not - as another lemmgrader put it - “angry parades”)