Lefty memes suck because there’s not enough obscenities in them, which is an effective comedy and bonding device. Conservatives on the other hand are doing the opposite - posting the most crude, racist, xenophobic, transphobic memes that are short and to the point, no need for paragraphs, or in some cases, words.
It was the opposite in the 20th century, the left were the ones being obscene and offending stuck-up conservatives who were all about the ‘traditional christian family values’. Granted, the standards of obscenity back then were much different - a show as mild as “The Simpsons” by today’s standards that just showed a dysfunctional family was enough to outrage actual politicians.
Perhaps the metagame is to focus on emotion rather than the truth, make a funny that provokes people rather than explains the history of capitalism and why it’s bad.
Lefty memes suck because there’s not enough obscenities in them, which is an effective comedy and bonding device. Conservatives on the other hand are doing the opposite - posting the most crude, racist, xenophobic, transphobic memes that are short and to the point, no need for paragraphs, or in some cases, words.
It was the opposite in the 20th century, the left were the ones being obscene and offending stuck-up conservatives who were all about the ‘traditional christian family values’. Granted, the standards of obscenity back then were much different - a show as mild as “The Simpsons” by today’s standards that just showed a dysfunctional family was enough to outrage actual politicians.
Perhaps the metagame is to focus on emotion rather than the truth, make a funny that provokes people rather than explains the history of capitalism and why it’s bad.