#1043; As the Founders Intended

Comic Transcripts

[[Two suited individuals talk among themselves. Both are somewhat balding. One is short and thin, with a worried expression; the other is taller and larger, with a pensive expression, stroking his beard.]]
Worrier: Do you ever feel like we’re getting close to a breaking point?
Worrier: Societally?
Worrier: I lie awake some nights worried ab out our entire SYSTEM collapsing. Whether I’ll be able to SURVIVE afterward.

Pragmatist: I figure, any economic collapse on a society-destroying scale would be AS RUINOUS or MORE to the giant corporations that control everything as it would be to US…
Pragmatist: The 1% has both a VESTED INTEREST in social stability – because their imaginary hedge fund wealth VANISHES in a MAD MAX type situation –

Pragmatist: – and conveniently, they’re the only ones that have any power to actually DO anything about it.
Pragmatist: So I just trust that Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos and the Koch brothers won’t ALLOW society to collapse.

[[A traditional American family (a father, mother, and son) drawn in a 20th century cartoon style hold their hands to their hearts, saluting twin American flags. Large text declares, “HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY”.]]

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#1043; As the Founders Intended transcribed by in

[[Two suited individuals talk among themselves. Both are somewhat balding. One is short and thin, with a worried expression; the other is taller and larger, with a pensive expression, stroking his beard.]]
Worrier: Do you ever feel like we're getting close to a breaking point?
Worrier: Societally?
Worrier: I lie awake some nights worried ab out our entire SYSTEM collapsing. Whether I'll be able to SURVIVE afterward.

Pragmatist: I figure, any economic collapse on a society-destroying scale would be AS RUINOUS or MORE to the giant corporations that control everything as it would be to US...
Pragmatist: The 1% has both a VESTED INTEREST in social stability - because their imaginary hedge fund wealth VANISHES in a MAD MAX type situation -

Pragmatist: - and conveniently, they're the only ones that have any power to actually DO anything about it.
Pragmatist: So I just trust that Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos and the Koch brothers won't ALLOW society to collapse.

{{header: oh, say does that WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{alt-text: is lighting off explosions to commemorate a war analogous to wearing a cross to commemorate a crucifixion}}

is lighting off explosions to commemorate a war analogous to wearing a cross to commemorate a crucifixion