Yesterday’s column mocked Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her crazy leftism (though WordPress inexplicably posted it as July 1 rather than August 1).
So today, let’s fire in the opposite direction and enjoy some libertarian-themed satire.
Our first example points out that there’s sometimes a difference between libertarians in theory and libertarians in reality (very reminiscent of this image).
I also found this next image amusing (though I can’t resist pointing out that a libertarian society would have things like traffic lights for the simple reason that the the people operating private roads would have an incentive to maintain a smooth flow of traffic).
Reminds me of the equally funny (but equally inaccurate) example of libertarian breakfast cereal.
Here’s a libertarian brain, at least according to the left-wing stereotype. Since I have an entire collection of libertarian humor, much of which involves self-mockery, I like to think my “satire recognition lobe” is reasonably well developed.
I assume there’s a reason for fedora/trilby section, but I don’t know what it is.
For what it’s worth, my anti-Venezuela and anti-tax lobes are very advanced.
Last but not least, I do have some pro-libertarian satire today.
Heck, name one thing that isn’t regulated, prohibited, or taxed.
All of which reminds me that libertarians get very frustrated when the free market gets blamed for crises that occur because of all the regulation, prohibition, and taxation that does exist (think Great Depression, 2008 financial crisis, etc).
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I can appreciate deprecating humor. But for a joke to be funny, it has to have an element of truth. A joke that relies for it’s punchline on the idea that American men have an excessive interest in football could be funny. A joke that relies for it’s punchline on the idea that American men have an excessive interest in shopping for shoes would just be puzzling and incomprehensible.
Likewise, a “libertarian brain” joke that made fun of libertarian’s obsession with discussing ways to make private local roads and private police forces work could be funny. But a joke whose punch line relies on libertarians hating the poor and having no understanding of history just … doesn’t make sense. It’s not funny because it has no connection to reality.
That last one isn’t fair! There are some things that are not regulated, prohibited, nor taxed. What about the things that are subsidized or mandated, huh?
While you are at it; I’m not Somalia’s number one libertarian podcast for nothing!
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praise be unto thee, daniel! i rejoice in our self deprecation. how strong is one’s philosophy if one cannot mock it harder than one’s own critics?