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Building giant walls, deporting people en masse, surveillance society, making sure women's rights are held at bay, placing and enforcing restrictions on clean energy - all things that sound "small government"? As dumb as they are, I don't think I've even heard the Republicans using this phrase lately - it's so ridiculous.
Fucking TSA, 2 decade long wars.... Republicans have NEVER reduced spending or increased liberties. It's all bullshit, but their propaganda machine is simply miles ahead because they have almost zero infighting.
Democrats are constantly bickering, and not about just important stuff. I fully believe there are bad actors purposefully starting arguments about BS they know Democrats will latch on and distract us. And as a bonus make us look like lunatics to anyone not already fully aligned with our ideas.
Yeah, the fifth panel is the billionaires stuffing their private jets with the cash over the corpse of the big government.
They increase spending on really stupid shit that have no legs but will absolutely gut useful services. People arenβt wrong to be mad when they see their stuff get defunded and thatβs the important stuff many are going to focus on. So youβre right but itβs not as simple as that.
The right is REALLY good at messaging it's insane. The culture wars they start have created a "bogeyman" and it's insane.
I really hate it and how it sticks to the zeitgeist. It just makes me sad.
It's because the right gets what they want by tearing things down and destroying, and instilling fear. It's inherently much easier to destroy and scare people than to build and inspire people
Is that not what this comic is saying?
Showing the blatant hypocrisy?
The comic shows a smaller govt and says that's bad for the poor.
The person to whom you're responding is saying Republicans actually create a bigger government that's worse for the poor.
They're spending less on social services and frittering it away on government bibles that only Trump sells.
See I saw it as an irony type thing where the artist is showing the blatant hypocrisy of the idea of govt so small it fits into every household.
Maybe I'm just overthinking it.
No the comic is showing the government is litterally small, implying welfare cuts. Reality is, any "cuts" are just going to be moved somewhere else. Not given back to the tax payers.
That's fair I just thought it was done to showcase the hypocrisy of a govt small enough to fit in your pants.