Still More Progressive Memes

Still More Progressive Memes


By Daniel Rigney

Internet memes are fast becoming a popular medium for the crafting of satirical political cartoons. Ordinary citizens can now create their own civic statements in the tradition of 19^th century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, thanks to the earthly miracle of digital technology. Even non-artists like me can use free Internet programs to illustrate our cartoons for us. All we have to do is choose the images and supply the captions.

In my last post I played with my new toy, the free meme generator, to create a batch of Internet memes for the amusement of several. Today I'm returning to create a few more, this time with sharper political points aimed toward some of the more serious problems of the day, and particularly toward the challenge of climate change, which is very much on my mind lately. The images generated below are made possible by the free meme generators makeameme.org and memedad.com.

Submitted for your consideration, today’s fresh batch of politically progressive memes….

First, a cartoon to honor our modern-day religious profits:



Next, a message from George Washington to the Tea Party:



Our conscious and unconscious minds have been troubled of late by reports of sadistic torture. The human id is a terrible thing to behold, as Sigmund Freud would be the first to attest:

 

Meanwhile, disruptions caused by accelerating automation continue to destroy human livelihoods around the world: 

 

But perhaps most troubling to me is the slow-motion disaster movie with the boring title “Climate Change,” which many of us are still unwilling to see until the last possible moment, when our responses may be too little and too late. Meet my cute new Internet meme characters, Denial Bear …
 

And his cousin, Post-Denial Bear:

And then there’s our old friend Dinosaurus, may s/he rest in peace:
 

And now this message from our sponsor, the petrochemical industry:


Our addiction to coal, oil and methane doesn’t make for a very pretty picture:
 

And we have no time to lose in making a decisive transition to renewables.
  

So here's one final word of wisdom from a great American natural philosopher and consummate anti-consumerist:
 

And one final question:

 

Just asking.

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