Uhm… How does this make sense? The world is being gangraped by rich white men in megacorporations. This feels more like someone tries to tie the irrefutable criticism of these megacorps to conspiracy nuts and deligitimize it.
Yes big pharma is obviously killing people and needs to be broken up. Same goes for the fast food and meat industry (for many different reasons), etc.
Did you know that you can mix in a little truth when you’re spreading falsehoods in order to lend yourself some credibility? It’s a neat trick because some people, evidently, expect liars to only tell lies.
Alright, let me ask you both: isn’t expecting a message like “everything worm-man says is wrong” or “everything worm-man opposes is good, actually” a little too simplistic? Don’t we want a little nuance, even in our absurdist, 2-panel comic strips? I feel like I shouldn’t have to spell out that the worm-man is capable of mixing fact and fiction to muddy the waters, but here we are.
I hear you from the realism perspective, but this is (hopefully) satire. Either you go all in with satire, or you don’t - you can’t half-foot a message when your audience is relatively unknown
If you’re not in the US, you may not be familiar with the specific person this comic is representing. It’s not some kind of straw argument. This is the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and he is currently fucking up our Healthcare in all kind of dangerous ways. He had also been found to have a worm in his brain. The comic is accurate.
Uhm… How does this make sense? The world is being gangraped by rich white men in megacorporations. This feels more like someone tries to tie the irrefutable criticism of these megacorps to conspiracy nuts and deligitimize it.
Yes big pharma is obviously killing people and needs to be broken up. Same goes for the fast food and meat industry (for many different reasons), etc.
Did you know that you can mix in a little truth when you’re spreading falsehoods in order to lend yourself some credibility? It’s a neat trick because some people, evidently, expect liars to only tell lies.
I agree that this is being done. How does this make my crisicism go away?
Because you’re completely missing how fascists use elements of truth to drive you straight into right wing authoritarianism.
It doesnt, you were spot on. The messaging of this comic is ambiguous on whether it thinks big pharma is a conspiracy or not.
Alright, let me ask you both: isn’t expecting a message like “everything worm-man says is wrong” or “everything worm-man opposes is good, actually” a little too simplistic? Don’t we want a little nuance, even in our absurdist, 2-panel comic strips? I feel like I shouldn’t have to spell out that the worm-man is capable of mixing fact and fiction to muddy the waters, but here we are.
I hear you from the realism perspective, but this is (hopefully) satire. Either you go all in with satire, or you don’t - you can’t half-foot a message when your audience is relatively unknown
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thank you very much. :)
If you’re not in the US, you may not be familiar with the specific person this comic is representing. It’s not some kind of straw argument. This is the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and he is currently fucking up our Healthcare in all kind of dangerous ways. He had also been found to have a worm in his brain. The comic is accurate.