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Oh man it does drive me crazy people, especially politicians, seem to lack any sort of empathy and hold certain views but then they themselves or a family member cause them to experience something and only then can they understand. This is the most mild expression of the solidarity of the common man around recent news items I think I have seen while still being a powerful statement.

@JennieBreeden I have been posting your current days comics because I did not think you were active outside mastadon, but I saw a post yesterday of an older one. Let me know if you prefer I don't and I will stop. I will likely eventually stop anyway if/when I find a new job.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@HubertManne You are awesome. Keep posting! (hope you find work. it sucks out there)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

Thanks for the conf and it sucks but im in tech so serial unemployment is a fact of life and I have been around the block a few times.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This confuses me. Is it showing that the guy is right? Or pretending that fascists are not supporting CEOs?

No matter how I look at it it doesn't make sense.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Its showing even the uninformed know CEOs are awful, garbage creatures.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Im sorta surprised folks don't get some of her stuff. Seems pretty straight forward to me but someone had a similar confused comment on another of hers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Because this comic either supports shit opinions, or pretends that everyone hates big CEOs which is absurdly wrong.

The person shown here is the one that elected a rich crap as president of the US. They love big powerful CEOs.

Even in fiction, Iron Man's superpower is basically to be a rich influential CEO, just wrapped in some nice bullshit to make it sound cool.

So it confuses me because then the meaning of the comic would be to support a fascist stance (since the other possibility is unrealistic), which I don't believe is the intent of the author.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago

Sounds like you did understand it though but did not accept it. I mean you work backwards. He hit the guy. why did he hit the guy. well the last thing he said are ceos are innocent victims. what did he do before that. just agreed. I can't claim to understand folks that voted for trump but I have seen video interviews and its amazing how many hate corporations and their ceos. Now i can't follow their "logic" but it is there. I have seen it. In addition this artist grew up in the south (the comic is like a diary so like 20+ years of her life is drawn out in the archives) so she likely knew these types of people. The comic also makes it clear she is pretty much athiest or at best agnostic but grew up in some sort of christian denomination. Im pretty sure some folks take on religious folks would not jive with her takes on them. Its really an experiencial type of thing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

The comic says health insurance CEOs specifically, which have recently been proven to be universally hated by the working class.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But they don't. People worship shits like Trump, Musk, Bezos, etc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He won by a single percentage, and most didnt vote. 49 percent of voters think he is that and thats being generous. The real issue is this country worships Mammon.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

It’s showing that people are more willing to accept misinformation when they don’t have personal experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago