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Cartoons For The Collapse
by Dissident
Vintage cartoons. Modern decay.Short dispatches of power, capitalism, and the systems shaping our lives.
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The Persecution Complex Is the Whole Machine
The Persecution Complex Is the Whole MachineA short commentary on power, victimhood, and political identity.Video: Ups ’n Downs (1931) — Public Domain
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Religious Freedom Apparently Means Their Rules for Everyone
Religious Freedom Apparently Means Their Rules for EveryoneA short commentary on personal belief, public law, and pluralism.Video: Horse Cops (1931) — Public Domain
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Prosperity Gospel Is Capitalism in Church Clothes
Prosperity Gospel Is Capitalism in Church ClothesA short commentary on wealth, morality, and political identity.Video: Jack and the Beanstalk (1931) — Public Domain
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“Pro-Life” Stops at Birth
“Pro-Life” Stops at BirthA short commentary on policy, childcare, and what support after birth actually means.Video: Minding the Baby (1931) — Public Domain
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MAGA Runs on Confirmation Bias
MAGA Runs on Confirmation BiasA short commentary on how media bubbles reinforce what people already believe.Video: Radio Racket (1931) — Public Domain
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MAGA and the False Consensus Trap
MAGA and the False Consensus TrapA short commentary on how political bubbles can feel bigger than they are.Video: Fairyland Follies (1931) — Public Domain
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The Left Needs Coalition, Not Personal Branding
The Left Needs Coalition, Not Personal BrandingA short commentary on why shared goals matter more than perfect agreement.Video: The Bandmaster (1931) — Public Domain
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Liberal, Progressive, Leftist, and Socialist Are Not the Same Thing
Liberal, Progressive, Leftist, and Socialist Are Not the Same ThingA quick breakdown of political labels that often get flattened into one word.Video: The Office Boy (1930) — Public Domain
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Secularism Protects Religion From Itself
Secularism Protects Religion From ItselfA short commentary on why church-state separation protects everyone.Video: Farm Foolery (1930) — Public Domain
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American Christianism Turns Faith Into Identity Politics
American Christianism Turns Faith Into Identity PoliticsA short commentary on how belief can become political identity.Video: The Family Album (1930) — Public Domain
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The Scapegoat Machine Is Always Running
The Scapegoat Machine Is Always RunningA short commentary on how political movements redirect public anger away from power and toward targets.Video: Puss in Boots (1934) — Public Domain
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Propaganda Doesn’t Have To Convince Everyone
Propaganda Doesn’t Have to Convince EveryoneA short commentary on how repetition, fear, and identity can shape public perception.Video: Art for Art’s Sake (1934) — Public Domain
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Democracies Don’t Collapse Overnight
Democracies Don’t Collapse OvernightA short commentary on how institutions can weaken before people agree on what is happening.Video: Is My Palm Read (1933) — Public Domain
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Isolationism Can Be Accountability Avoidance
Isolationism Can Be Accountability AvoidanceA short commentary on what responsible anti-imperialism should actually mean.Video: The Plumber (1933) — Public Domain
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You Don’t Strengthen Alliances by Threatening Friends
You Don’t Strengthen Alliances by Threatening FriendsA short commentary on how domination gets mistaken for diplomacy.Video: Tumbledown Town (1933) — Public Domain
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The War Machine Has Shareholders
The War Machine Has ShareholdersVideo: Opening Night (1933) - Public Domain
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Human Rights Should Not Be Selective
Human Rights Should Not Be SelectiveA short commentary on what it means when moral language and weapons policy collide.Video: Panicky Pup (1933) — Public Domain#Politics #CurrentEvents #SocialCommentary #PublicPolicy #PublicDiscourse
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We Fund War and Call It Leadership
We Fund War and Call It LeadershipA short commentary on the difference between security, foreign policy, and profit.Video: The Brave Tin Soldier (1934) — Public Domain
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Accountability Has A Price Tag
Accountability Has a Price TagA short commentary on how access, wealth, and institutions can shape justice.Video: The Museum (1930) — Public Domain
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The Protection System Is the Scandal
The Protection System Is the ScandalA short commentary on how wealth and power can change the consequences people face.Video: The Magic Mummy (1933) — Public Domain
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Artificial Scarcity Is Policy
Artificial Scarcity Is PolicyA short commentary on how access to basic needs is shaped by ownership and profit.Video: Jack Frost (1934) — Public Domain#Politics #EconomicJustice #PublicPolicy #SocialCommentary #PublicDiscourse
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Law and Order Has a Class Problem
Law and Order Has a Class ProblemA short commentary on how accountability is applied differently depending on power.Video: Peeping Penguins (1937) — Public Domain#Politics #CurrentEvents #SocialCommentary #PublicPolicy #PublicDiscourse
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The Red Scare Never Ended
The Red Scare Never EndedA short commentary on how fear-based labels are used to shut down policy debate.Video: Ali Baba (1936) — Public Domain
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Privatization Is a Scam in a Suit
Privatization Is a Scam in a SuitA short commentary on how public problems become private revenue streams.Video: Tom Thumb (1936) — Public Domain
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When Minority Rule Becomes the Strategy
When Minority Rule Becomes the StrategyA short commentary on how political systems can be shaped to protect unpopular power.Video: Spinning Mice (1935) — Public Domain
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They Don’t Just Want Power. They Want the Rulebook.
They Don’t Just Want Power. They Want the Rulebook.A short commentary on why constitutional power and state-level control matter.Video: House of Magic (1937) — Public Domain
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Imperialism Is Power With Better Branding
Imperialism Is Power With Better BrandingA short commentary on how military and economic power get sold as global leadership.Video: Sinbad the Sailor (1935) — Public Domain
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The Mythology of the Lost Cause
The Mythology of the Lost CauseA short commentary on how defeated causes can be repackaged as heritage.Video: The Headless Horseman (1934) — Public Domain
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“Democrats Started the Klan” Is a Bad-Faith History Lesson
“Democrats Started the Klan” Is a Bad-Faith History LessonVideo: The Kids in the Shoe (1935) - Public Domain
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The Stock Market Is Not the Economy
The Stock Market Is Not the EconomyA short commentary on why market performance does not equal everyday economic reality.Video: All’s Fair at the Fair (1938) — Public Domain
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The System Isn’t Broken—It’s Working for the Wrong People
The System Isn’t Broken—It’s Working for the Wrong PeopleVideo: Bimbo’s Initiation (1931) - Public Domain
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Why “Personal Responsibility” Is Used Selectively
Why “Personal Responsibility” Is Used SelectivelyVideo: The Bremen Town Musicians (1935) - Public Domain
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Why Conservative Media Feels Addictive
Why Conservative Media Feels AddictiveVideo: Minnie The Moocher (1932) - Public Domain
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The Right Rebranded Elites Without Changing Who They Are
The Right Rebranded Elites Without Changing Who They AreVideo: Scrappy’s Party (1938) - Public Domain
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Prosperity Gospel Is Capitalism in Church Clothes
Prosperity Gospel Is Capitalism in Church ClothesA short commentary on wealth, morality, and political identity.Video: Jack and the Beanstalk (1931) — Public Domain
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Why Conservatives Frame Everything as a Moral Crisis
Why Conservatives Frame Everything as a Moral CrisisVideo: The Mite Makes Right (1948) - Public Domain
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Country Music Became a Political Tool
Country Music Became a Political ToolVideo: Musical Memories (1935) - Public Domain
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Why Religious Indoctrination Primes People for Authoritarianism
Why Religious Indoctrination Primes People for AuthoritarianismVideo: The Talking Magpies (1946) - Public Domain
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The Myth of “Illegal Immigrants Draining the System”
The Myth of “Illegal Immigrants Draining the System”Video: The Little Stranger (1936) - Public Domain
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“Rednecks” Used to Hate Authority
“Rednecks” Used to Hate AuthorityVideo: Porky in Wackyland (1938) - Public Domain
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The American Flag Became a Political Weapon
The American Flag Became a Political WeaponVideo: The Spirit of ’43 (1943) - Public Domain
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Nostalgia Is One of the Most Powerful Political Weapons
Nostalgia Is One of the Most Powerful Political WeaponsVideo: Poor Cinderella (1934) - Public Domain
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Inequality Makes Democracy Rot
Inequality Makes Democracy RotVideo: Dancing on the Moon (1935) - Public Domain
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The Culture War Is a Distraction Machine
The Culture War Is a Distraction MachineVideo: The Valiant Tailor (1934) - Public Domain
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Conservatives Do Not Want Small Government
Conservatives Do Not Want Small GovernmentVideo: Play Safe (1936) - Public Domain
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Nordic Countries Prove The Lie
Nordic Countries Prove The LieVideo: Somewhere in Dreamland (1936) - Public Domain
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The Market Is Not A Moral System
The Market Is Not A Moral SystemVideo: Greedy Humpty Dumpty (1936) - Public Domain
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Conservatism Needs Anti-Intellectualism
Conservatism Needs Anti-IntellectualismVideo: The Fresh Vegetable Mystery (1939) - Public Domain
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Authoritarianism Is Not Left or Right. It's Up.
Authoritarianism Is Not Left or Right. It's Up.Video: Don Quixote (1934) - Public Domain
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Socialism Is Not When the Government Does Things Badly
Socialism Is Not When the Government Does Things BadlyVideo: The Little Red Hen (1934) - Public Domain
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