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Le capitalisme salit tout ce qu'il touche, épisode trouze-mille-douze.

Le Monde diplomatique : Mais pourquoi un mouton ?
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https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2026/03/PIEILLER/69325

(avec un bon gros headshot comme on aime à la fin de l'article)

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Ce n’est pas juste un phénomène. C’est un mystère. Tout le monde connaît l’inoxydable « S’il vous plaît, dessine-moi un mouton ». On en est tout ému ou tout crispé, peu importe, on connaît. Depuis quatre-vingts ans, on connaît. De près, de loin, comme s’il faisait partie depuis toujours ou presque de l’imaginaire collectif ; du patrimoine, pour tout dire. Le monde change, Le Petit Prince reste.

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Mais il n'y a pas que l'art dans la vie, même celle du Petit Prince, il y a aussi les affaires. Il est une marque depuis la fin des années 1980, déposée par les héritiers auprès de l'Institut national de la propriété industrielle (INPI), tout comme « Dessine-moi un mouton », et d'autres répliques... Le chiffre d'affaires des produits dérivés s'élèverait à 200 millions d'euros par an, dix mille produits se déclinent sous licence. Du papier peint à la statuette pour la Saint-Valentin. Il pourrait y en avoir plus, mais « on passe notre temps à dire non, car on ne veut pas abîmer un livre pur », précise le responsable (Le Journal du dimanche, 14 février 2022). C'est très bien. Éthique. Le maroquinier Berluti et le fabricant de stylos Bic qui vont sortir des produits « inspirés » par le conte pour ses 80 ans sont donc PetitPrince-compatibles. Non susceptibles de le contaminer par une quelconque impureté. Capables de simplement rendre hommage à l'enfance. L'enfance éternelle. Fragile et blonde. Pure, et sage.

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Et c'est peut-être bien là ce qui fait que Le Petit Prince continue à plaire, dans un mélange de nostalgie pour un paradis toujours perdu et de déception devant le monde : hier comme aujourd'hui, en temps de guerre froide, de modernité inquiète ou de néolibéralisme dépressif, il déploie suavement, modestement, une vieille allégorie, un vieux lieu commun : le monde des grands trahit l'enfance, vivre est une épreuve, l'Histoire n'existe pas, elle est recommencement, rien ne changera jamais, la seule révolte possible tient dans la liberté du choix de la mort, la seule mission, c'est celle du récit à transmettre, poétique lumière de l'amitié et de la solitude affrontée.

On comprend que les mécènes et les industriels soient nombreux à le fêter.

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64d

It's a hard knock life when you don't have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder 😜😂

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A historic painting of a woman with her head a cushioned stool looking frenzied and depressed.

Caption:
"Are you okay?"
Me: No. I don't have a bookshelf a with a rolling ladder.

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104d

Too many novels is definitely how I want to go, but I'm probably more likely to suffer from a stong bout of drawing-room anguish 😜😂

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Historic painting of a woman lying in bed.
Caption: Things Women In Literature Have Died From

The list:
Cold hands
Pony exhaustion
Beautiful face
Strolling congestion
Missing slippers
Sherry served too cold
Wrist fevers
Ship infidelity
Night brain
Going outside at night In Italy
Shawl Insufficiency
Clergyman's dropsy
Too many pillows
Flirting headaches
Garden troubles
River unhappiness
Someone said "No" very loudly
General bummers
Letter-reading fits
Mmmf
Drawing-room anguish
Beautiful chestnut hair
Not enough pillows
Spinal degeneration as a result of pride
Haven't seen the sea In a long time
Parents too happy
Too many novels
The Unpleasantness

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99d

But if I have a choice I prefer in the bath, the massage chair, the couch, and the bed in that order... 😁

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I WILL READ BOOKS ON A BOAT.
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A GOAT.
I WILL READ BOOKS ON THE TRAIN.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN THE RAIN.
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A FOX.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN A BOX
I WILL READ BOOKS WITH A MOUSE.
I WILL READ BOOKS IN A HOUSE.
I WILL READ BOOKS HERE AND THERE.
I WILL READ BOOKS EVERYWHERE.

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84d

The joke's on you, maybe I'm into that 😜😂

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If you see a girl with books in her purse, know this: She can beat your ass with her brain AND her books — a bag of books is fucking heavy.

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35d

I didn't know basic dickheads knew how to read, good for them! 😜😂

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Cover a book I assume doesn't actually exist, with a 1950s looking picture of a young man pointing at an engine.
Title: Everything I don't like is WOKE, a book for basic dickheads
The young man saying: This engine is woke.

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80d

If sniffing old books is wrong then I don't want to be right 😁

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Meme with a large photo of a nose and nostrils looking like it's about to sniff you.
Caption: pov: you are an old book i discovered

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78d

Do fantasy/sc-fi readers agree with this? I love specualtive fiction, but I also love me some good non-fiction, am I the weird one? 🤔😁

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Meme photo of two puppies each holding one end of a stick.
Caption:
Golden puppy: Fantasy readers
German shepard puppy: Sci fi readers:
Stick: Hating non fiction

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75d

What book has caused this reaction in you? 🤔

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Three panel comic by theoddisout on Tumblr.

First Panel: One figure is asking a reading figure, "Do you like the book I loaned you?"
Second: The reader turns and screams at the top of their lungs.
Third: "Oh, you're at that part."

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73d

I'd like to replace that last one with, "Books where you can figure out the end after reading the first few pages." 😜😁

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Types of headached memes showing four heads with diffrent amounts of red to indicate severity.
1: Some red, Migrane
2: Some red, Hypertension
3: Some red, Stress
4: Full red all over head, book doesn't end how you thought it should

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72d

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@wnoakes/115937515391598911

I read The Culture series by Ian M. Banks and liked it, the ninth book Surface Detail even got a rare 5/5 stars

Now this post reminded me I should read more Banks, but the question is which book(s) of his other than The Culture should I put on my ever expanding TBR 😁

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68d

I have to say I feel we're missing a few steps towards an explanation of how "for suppository use only" got in the mix of approprite warning lables 🤔😂

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