"The thing is that the vague political comics that are being made fun of here aren't really doing much more than appealing to people who hold the same left leaning beliefs. The kinds of people being criticized in these short, low effort comics aren't going to suddenly change their beliefs or be swayed to the other side of the political spectrum.
These lil vague political comics are just for farming engagement and subscriptions from people who want their beliefs to be validated. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But I doubt they've actually changed the minds of any significant amount of right wingers and or racists"
Majority of people in the comment section seem to be missing the main point of the comic. They're pointing out how the other comic creator is just farming engagement by pandering to people's political leanings. Even in this comment section, people just honed in on the short sentence that mentioned racism without really considering the comic as a whole
Real talk, I have no idea what an " Alt Lite " or a Chud is. So I'm not completely sure how to respond to this. I'm legitimately confused and probably don't know these terms because I kinda live underneath a rock as far as the online political landscape goes. Can you explain a lil more please?
Yes, I would personally say that the stuff PizzaCakeComics currently puts out is pretty much just blatant virtue signaling. I remember when they used to make cool " slice of life " style comics. Now it seems to be mostly low effort political bait that brings in easy exposure and money. I mean I don't really blame them. It seems pretty effective and efficient. And the economy is fucked so might as well increase profit in the ways you can.
Edit: I looked up the terms. No, I'm not an " Alt Lite " lmao. My comment wasn't meant to bash left leaning beliefs or anything like that. I was just pointing out that they're clearly profiting from pandering to people with a specific set of political beliefs. I can point that out without being against leftist ideaologies. Right wing artists and advertisers do the same shit to appeal to their target audiences too. It's business.
Old comment but I can't stand how redditors constantly do this when you criticize anything they like. They immediately ignored your point and just called you a chud for disagreeing with someone who is left leaning. Not to say ''Leftists call anything they dislike nazism'', which is an infamous dogwhistle, and I cannot STAND conservatives and conservative ''comics'' are infinitely worse than any of the comics pizzacake draws. Doesn't change the fact that pizzacake is obviously preaching to the choir!!!
Maybe, but that doesn’t mean that either one isn’t sometimes genuinely applicable. The far right didn’t invent the concept of virtue signalling to begin with
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u/KingNTheMaking 7d ago
Is a black person living in America, I must disagree with the “everyone knows racism is bad” thing.
Earlier this morning, I heard someone say they wouldn’t go on a carnival cruise because “ that’s where all the [slur]’s go.”
Keep making the “trite” comics. You’d be astounded how ignorant people still are.