The Political Satire/Meme Thread

[DesertPenguin]

Side note: That photo layered above the shopped-in scared child was taken just a few miles away from where I live. And yes, the gathering is frightening to see. Nonetheless, it's their right to party but they need to accept the consequences if they get sick.

Holy crap that's a lot of people. I thought it was a generic stock photo or something!

 

[Dennisch]

That video has aged a lot better than some of the comments underneath.

It's best to not read Youtube comments.

 

[UKMikey]

I know but it started off so well...

I guess the line in the song about losing your job over dodgy tweets made while washing-up was a sop to the right but I'm not sure it was borne out by the bloke who commented that it all went wrong when we started letting women and black people vote because the former vote only with their emotions and the latter only in line with their benefits.

I mean, maybe he got sacked but I kinda doubt gas stations are that discerning regarding their employees' political views.

 

[TexRex]

It's best to not read Youtube comments.

Traffic slows to a crawl on the highway when there's an ambulance on the shoulder up ahead...and it's not to ensure paramedics are safe.

 

[VolkswagenX]

 

[Sander 001]

 

[Sander 001]

 

[UKMikey]

A bad Don?

This video may be preaching to the converted but I just loves me some of that righteous gospel music.

Thank god there are still some honest Republicans around (and I'm not referring to the church of MAGA).

 

[Sander 001]

 

[GranTurNismo]

Let me guess, he probably thinks "The Jews" are behind the pandemic and mask ordinances. Yikes.

 

[Northstar]

If they knew what they were fighting for they would likely be ok with that. Freedom of Speech doesn't just cover speech that's acceptable to the masses, it covers everyone, even morons.

*Yes, I know Voltaire didn't say it, but I couldn't find a good pic that didn't misattribute it to him.

 

[Chrunch Houston]

A bad Don?

This video may be preaching to the converted but I just loves me some of that righteous gospel music.

Thank god there are still some honest Republicans around (and I'm not referring to the church of MAGA).

I will say this about the Lincoln Project, and give them credit.

You can tell they are not liberals, and you can tell they are not leftist, because they KNOW HOW TO MEME!!!

 

[Blood Eagle]

What’s the current state of the US? An active uprising against police brutality against minorities literally being supported by all races but an occasional dumb redneck glorifying nazis? Is the ladder confined to the US or is there dumb people globally who still glorify nazis?

 

[Chrunch Houston]

What’s the current state of the US? An active uprising against police brutality against minorities literally being supported by all races but an occasional dumb redneck glorifying nazis? Is the ladder confined to the US or is there dumb people globally who still glorify nazis?

Dude, calm down, it's a photo of a guy, A guy, ONE GUY.

 

[Blood Eagle]

Dude, calm down, it's a photo of a guy, A guy, ONE GUY.

Swoosh.

 

[UKMikey]

I will say this about the Lincoln Project, and give them credit.

You can tell they are not liberals, and you can tell they are not leftist, because they KNOW HOW TO MEME!!!

Trump is making it so easy for them. This may be another myth about leftists the right tell themselves to feel good because their cartoons and quotes are so easily taken apart on this thread.

 

[HenrySwanson]

r/therightcantmeme in full effect there.

You can tell they are not liberals, and you can tell they are not leftist, because they KNOW HOW TO MEME!!!

Just found out all memes are by centrists.

 

[MatskiMonk]

What’s the current state of the US? An active uprising against police brutality against minorities literally being supported by all races but an occasional dumb redneck glorifying nazis? Is the ladder confined to the US or is there dumb people globally who still glorify nazis?

For what it's worth, there are dumb people everywhere, I'm not sure many would feel that safe and secure walking around with a swastika on their face*, even if it was a protest about governments or individuals mandating mask usage... which for all we know is what this guy was doing.

edit: didn't notice the firearm in his belt.

 

[Rage Racer]

 

[Sander 001]

 

[GranTurNismo]

If only she pulled herself up by her bootstraps, stopped eating avocado toast, and stop complaining to big daddy government to give her handouts, then problem solved.

 

[Exorcet]

If only she pulled herself up by her bootstraps, stopped eating avocado toast, and stop complaining to big daddy government to give her handouts, then problem solved.

Say what you will about the mom trying to get by, it's not an envious situation, but the 8 rich people are totally unrelated.

 

[Danoff]

...I like how simply having money is considered a problem these days. That's effectively communism (and this is not hyperbole).

 

[GranTurNismo]

 

[Sander 001]

Throw back to when 100,000 dead was unfathomable

 

[GranTurNismo]

...I like how simply having money is considered a problem these days.

My God that's such a tired strawman you used. The Left isn't against people like Bezos, the Koch brothers, and many other billionaires/multi-millionaires simply because they're wealthy, and even you know that. The problem is how they earned their money. It's beyond naive to just say, "welp, they just worked hard and innovated and people buy their stuff so that's why their so rich". While that's not necessarily untrue, their corruption/deception, tax-avoidance, exploitation of workers, and once-illegal questionable practices like stock buybacks also contribute greatly. Even under an ideal Bernie Sanders economy where taxes on corporations and the wealthiest Americans are significantly increased (as well as the "loopholes" being closed), company boards are required to have workers part of them, stock buybacks are banned, menial workers get higher wages as well as sick leave and vacation time, etc, someone likeJeff Bezos would still be a ridiculously wealthy dude. As long as he's accrued that wealth ethically and legally and is accountable, I have no problem with him being filthy rich off a popular service he created.

That's effectively communism (and this is not hyperbole).

Yet another strawman. Since when have either myself or Sander advocated for communism? Raising taxes on the uber-rich, and even wealth distribution isn't inherently communistic. You sound like the generic right-winger who calls anyone or anything left-of-center that they don't like "communism". Again, there's nothing inherently wrong with being wealthy. I don't think that a classless society with a fully-planned economy is the way to go by a long shot. It's telling that you haven't actually addressed the alarming, and growing wealth inequality in this nation (which is unsustainable by all metrics) and how it could be alleviated, and how poor people are supposed to just make do with soaring healthcare, rent, and utility costs with stagnant low wages, yet productivity is continuing to increase. Let me guess, the free market will solve it right?

 

[DesertPenguin]

Since when have either myself or Sander advocated for communism?

Where are you getting that idea? His post was nothing more than a comment on the tweet.

 

[Exorcet]

As long as he's accrued that wealth ethically and legally and is accountable, I have no problem with him being filthy rich off a popular service he created.

A reasonable stance. But I replied to the image. The image only speaks of wealth. It's sloppy, it's lazy, it's discriminatory.

 

[Danoff]

My God that's such a tired strawman you used.

Take a look at that image again.

Yet another strawman.

Take a look at that image again.

 

[GranTurNismo]

Take a look at that image again.



Take a look at that image again.

What that image does say:

• Acknowledges that the 8 richest men have as much as nearly half the globe (image says four billion, actual number is 3.65 billion but close enough).
• Conflicts the common right-wing notion that is propped up by PragerU, TPUSA, Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, etc, that we live in a total meritocracy and poverty is the cause of merely individual failures/bad choices and not a sign of a broken, unsustainable system.
• Suggests that the growing wealth inequality not just in US but the entire world is a crisis.

What the image does not say:

• Communism is the solution.
• Rich people are inherently bad and should not exist.
• Heck, it doesn't even suggest that the 8 wealthiest men obtained their wealth wrongfully, nor does it advocate wealth redistribution either.

I think the purpose of that "meme" was twofold; to highlight how extreme the wealth gap has become, and how as a society we too often blame the little guy for virtually meaningless individual choices rather than the rigged, corrupt system. I'll agree with you that the optics of it certainly aren't the greatest and it seems like any other "meme" you'd find in a leftist subreddit, but I can't fathom how you got "being rich is bad" and "we need communism" from it.