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Latest comic: A hot new startup

#corporations #deregulation #economy #oligarchy #WallStreet #cartoon #comic

INTRODUCING A HOT NEW STARTUP! Logo on wall: MurderKorp™ BROCK SKEEVES, CEO Brock: OUR BUSINESS MODEL IS SIMPLE: CONNECTING CUSTOMERS WITH ORDINARY PEOPLE WILLING TO MURDER SOMEONE FOR THEM! AN IPO IS ROLLED OUT TV business show anchor: SHARES OF MURDERKORP ARE SLAYING TODAY! IT'S ALL GREEN FOR A COMPANY THAT'S ALWAYS IN THE RED, HA HA! Chart showing shares of MRDR climbing SOME EXPRESS CONCERN Woman: THIS IS COMPLETELY IMMORAL! NOT TO MENTION SOCIOPATHIC! Brock: TSK TSK. IF YOU TRY TO REGULATE THIS INDUSTRY, YOU'RE GOING TO HURT ORDINARY AMERICANS. WE NEED JOBS, NOT EMPATHY. BUSINESS LEADERS WELCOME IT INTO THE FOLD Executive clinking champagne glasses with Brock: WE'VE ALWAYS KILLED PEOPLE INDIRECTLY-- DENYING HEALTHCARE CLAIMS, POLLUTING, GUTTING WORKER SAFETY LAWS--BUT IT'S TIME TO CUT TO THE CHASE! CHEERS!
#Comic #cartoon #economy #corporations #oligarchy #deregulation #wallstreet

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As good an explanation of the toxicity #broligarchy as you can get in 15 mins

Not only is their a statement of the problem but also a four pronged solution for what’s ails OUR internet

#Oligarchy #SocialMedia

#Socialmedia #oligarchy #broligarchy @Cory Doctorow

Latest comic: Climate Silence

#climate #climatechange #cop30 #media #journalism #uspol #oligarchy #climatecrisis

AS THE COP3O CONFERENCE TAKES PLACE IN BRAZIL, WE SEEM TO BE TALKING ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE LESS AND LESS IN THE US. WHY? SCREAMING CROX NEWS ANCHOR: HOAX! SCAM! AGENDA! PLOY! PUNDIT: FOR SOME REASON, VOTERS DON'T CARE ABOUT IT, SO CANDIDATES SHOULDN'T BRING IT UP. METEOROLOGIST: I GET DEATH THREATS WHEN I MENTION IT, SO NOW I JUST TALK ABOUT CLOUDS. BIG MEDIA CO. EXECUTIVE: DOESN'T GET CLICKS! GOTTA GET CLICKS AND EYEBALLS! WOMAN AT KITCHEN SINK: I JUST PREFER NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. HEY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE WATER? BILLIONAIRE: I HAVE MY LUXURY DOOMSDAY BUNKERS, SO HUMANITY WILL SURVIVE. IF BY "HUMANITY" YOU MEAN ME.
#Media #climatechange #Climate #ClimateCrisis #journalism #uspol #oligarchy #cop30

This week's comic, inspired by a study showing that AI summaries on top of search results are dramatically cutting traffic to websites.

#internet #technology #tech #journalism #disinformation #socialmedia #oligarchy

WEB'S END IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE WEBSITES. YOU VISITED THEM AND IT WAS FUN. Computer screen: Jill's Homepage LINKS AND STUMBLEUPON HELPED YOU FIND NEW ONES. Computer screen: Cheese Art GOOGLE ACTUALLY WORKED AND SENT YOU TO SITES BUILT WITH CARE BY REAL PEOPLE. Computer screen: Lovable Expert THEN CAME SOCIAL MEDIA, AND ITS ALGORITHMS DETERMINED WHAT YOU CLICKED. Computer screen: Facebook THEN AGGREGATOR SITES TOOK OFF. Computer screen: CRAP FROM AROUND THE WEB THEN SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES TRIED TO KEEP US FROM EVER LEAVING… AND WE DIDN'T. Woman on phone: SCROLL SCROLL SCROLL THEN AI BEGAN GENERATING SUMMARIES SO YOU DIDN'T NEED TO CLICK THROUGH TO A SITE ANYMORE. Computer screen: MONOPOSEARCH Summary SOON... THE AI CHATBOT BECOMES THE ONLY SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND REAL PUBLICATIONS DISAPPEAR. Woman speaking to phone: CHATBOT, WHAT IS A WEBSITE? UNTIL ONE DAY, PEOPLE WALK AWAY AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. Woman has left devices on the ground and is walking into sunset © 2025 Jen Sorensen
#technology #tech #Socialmedia #Internet #journalism #disinformation #oligarchy

Latest comic: It's hard to imagine another country doing more damage to the US than what is being done from within

#uspol #cartoon #comic #science #oligarchy #authoritarianism

Government or Foreign Invader? DISMANTLING ENTIRE AGENCIES THAT PROTECT AMERICANS Scientist being kicked out of office BOOT! LOOTING THE TREASURY Moneybags labeled BILLIONAIRE TAX CUTS BILLIONS IN GOVT CONTRACTS TO DONORS TROOPS OCCUPYING U.S. CITIES Man looking fearfully at masked officer in flak jacket ROLLING OUT THE RED CARPET FOR OUR ENEMIES Putin arriving in Alaska walking on red carpet CLAP CLAP ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#Comic #science #cartoon #uspol #authoritarianism #oligarchy

This week's comic: Wealth Hoarders

#economy #oligarchy #billionaires #inequality

WEALTH HOARDERS A NEW REALITY SHOW ABOUT PEOPLE WITH COMPULSIVE ACCUMULATION DISORDER RICH GUY: MORE! MORE! MORE! HOST: BRETT HERE HAS OBSESSIVELY COLLECTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, YACHTS, VACATION HOMES, AND POLITICIANS THE WAY SOME PEOPLE COLLECT OLD NEWSPAPERS AND JUNK. NOW THAT HE'S MOVING ON TO ACQUIRING NATION STATES, IT'S TIME FOR AN INTERVENTION. BRETT UNDER PILE OF YACHTS, MONEY, HOUSE AND CAR: MUST... OWN.. VANUATU... HELP ME. PROFESSIONAL DEGREEDERS ARE BROUGHT IN TO REMOVE EXCESSIVE ASSETS. CYBERLIMO BEING TOWED AWAY IN BACKGROUND COUNSELOR: IM SORRY, BUT YOU DON'T NEED A CYBERLIMO. BRETT: IT'S SO HARD TO LET IT GO! THE PATIENT IS THEN TREATED AND REVISITED SIX MONTHS LATER. BRETT TALKING TO COUNSELOR: I FEEL LIKE A GREAT BURDEN HAS BEEN LIFTED! IT TURNS OUT ONE LAMBORGHINI AND ONE TROPHY WIFE IS ENOUGH. THANKS, WEALTH HOARDERS! SORENSEN ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#inequality #billionaires #economy #oligarchy

Latest comic: Beware of Glernog

#cartoon #comic #oligarchy #aliens #climatechange

First (and Last) Contact Alien emerging from spaceship in a field: GREETINGS, EARTHLINGS! I AM GLERNOG, THE RICHEST BEING FROM BLARV-9. I LET MY CIVILIZATION PERISH IN THE ATMOSPHERIC FIRES WHILE SEIZING THE LAST MINERALS TO POWER MY VOYAGE INTO SPACE! HERE IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT OUR MUSIC SOUNDED LIKE WHEN WE STILL HAD MUSICIANS. Bleep Bleep AND THIS IS A COMPOSITE OF THE FINEST WORKS OF ART FROM WHEN WE STILL HAD ARTISTS. YOU HAVE YOUR OWN WEALTHY BEING DESTROYING YOUR PLANET FOR SPACE TRAVEL, YET I AM EVEN WEALTHIER AND REQUIRE THOSE RESOURCES MYSELF. EXTRACTION AND EXTERMINATION SHALL BEGIN IN FIVE QUOGS. BUT FIRST, I TAKE A SELFIE. ©2025 Jen Sorensen Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Comic #cartoon #climatechange #aliens #oligarchy

This week's comic: A "manly" economy

#economy #oligarchy #gender #authoritarianism #labor #jobs #inequality #work

REAL MAN VS. ECONOMY ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH TO HANDLE A GREAT DEPRESSION? TV ANNOUNCER: TRUMP'S TARIFFS WILL MAKE YOU A MAN! MAN: YEAH, BRING IT ON! IT'S THE ULTIMATE TEST OF SURVIVAL. MAN WITH RIFLE TAPPING MEATYFREEZ BRAND MEAT FREEZER: I'VE ALREADY GOT AN ICEBOX FULL OF VOLE CARCASSES! ONLY THE TRULY STRONG CAN ENDURE POST-COLLAPSE SERFDOM UNDER ALL-POWERFUL CORPORATE OVERLORDS. MAN IN SLUDGE PIT WITH DANGER SIGN IN BACKGROUND: I LOVE THE SMELL OF INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE IN THE MORNING! REAL MEN WELCOME AN EARLY DEATH! MAN ON STRETCHER BEING CARTED OFF BY PARAMEDIC WITH GRIM REAPER HOVERING NEARBY: LIFE-IT'S FOR WOMANLY WEAKLINGS! SORENSEN ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Jobs #gender #Labor #inequality #economy #authoritarianism #work #oligarchy

This week's comic: Playing the wealth card

#cartoon #comic #billionaires #uspol #oligarchy #authoritarianism #economy

PLAYING THE WEALTH CARD SOME RICH PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE INHERENTLY SUPERIOR TO EVERYONE ELSE. TECH BILLIONAIRE: I'M A "COGNITIVE ELITE," SO I DESERVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES! THEY AVOID HARD WORK AND EXPECT HANDOUTS FROM TAXPAYERS. BILLIONAIRE IN OFFICE WITH VIEW OF SUNSET OVER THE OCEAN: IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY OF CRYPTO MINING AND STEERING GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS TO MY OWN COMPANIES! THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN RULE AS GODS. BILLIONAIRE SITTING IN LOTUS POSITION: I DECREE THAT AMERICA IS NOW AN ANARCHO-CAPITALIST SURVEILLANCE STATE RUN BY ME. AND THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WILL BENEFIT. BILLIONAIRE: OUR UNREGULATED CORPORATIONS WILL BRING YOU FUN LIFE EXTENSION PROJECTS! HOLDING CONTRACT FOR EUGENIFIXX INDUSTRIES JUST SIGN HERE TO BE EXPERIMENTED UPON. THEN I CAN CONTROL YOU FOR 3,000 YEARS! ©2025 Jen Sorensen Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Comic #cartoon #billionaires #uspol #economy #authoritarianism #oligarchy

Latest comic: What's the point of an economy that no longer serves the interests of human beings?

#labor #workers #economy #oligarchy #technology #automation #uspol #uspolitics #plutocracy

Welcome to AI-merica TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH WINTER LANDSCAPE HAVING A CONVERSATION WOMAN 1: SO BILLIONAIRES ARE TRYING TO REPLACE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AND PRIVATE-SECTOR WORKERS WITH AI. WOMAN 1: ANYTHING A ROBOT WOULDN'T NEED IS BEING THREATENED OR DISMANTLED-- MEDICAID, MEDICARE, THE EPA, POSSIBLY SOCIAL SECURITY… WOMAN 1: THESE WEIRD TECH OLIGARCHS AND THEIR REPUBLICAN SERVANTS ARE ACTING LIKE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE WHO WOULD EVEN NEED INCOME OR FOOD OR A DECENT RETIREMENT! ROBOTS APPEAR ROBOT 1: ORGANIC MATTER DETECTED. ROBOT 2: REPORT TO BOT SERVICE HUB FOR BALL BEARING LUBRICATION DUTY. WOMAN 2: I'M GETTING THE SENSE THAT THE "BIPARTISAN COMPROMISE" STRATEGY ISN'T WORKING. ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#technology #Labor #uspol #automation #economy #plutocracy #uspolitics #workers #oligarchy

Latest comic on the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

#cartoon #comic #economy #uspol #oligarchy

THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL DESTRUCTION BUREAU THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS SHUTTING DOWN THE NATION'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG. OFFICIAL: FOR YEARS NOW, THE CFPB HAS CODDLED THE WEAK. IT'S TIME TO RETURN POWER TO APEX PREDATORS! MANY AMERICANS REJOICE. MAN: WOO! FREEDOM TO BE SCAMMED! WOMAN: GIVE ME LOAN SHARKS OR GIVE ME DEATH! TOUGH GUY WITH LARGE TRUCK PARKED BEHIND HIM: THIS WILL SEPARATE THE ALPHA WINNERS FROM THE GULLIBLE LOSERS! REPO MAN HOLDING TITLE LOAN: EXCUSE ME. I'VE COME TO REPO YOUR TRUCK. OFFICIAL: GREAT NEWS: WE'VE OPENED UP A TIPLINE TO REPORT BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING TOO NICE. REMEMBER, THE WEAK CALL STRENGTH "CRIME." ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#Comic #cartoon #uspol #economy #oligarchy

Latest comic: Oligarchically Correct

#authoritarianism #oligarchy #fascism #media #cartoon #journalism

IT'S 2025. TIME TO BE OLIGARCHICALLY CORRECT 1. USE HIGHLY IDEOLOGICAL LANGUAGE IN A SMUG, SCOLDY TONE. WHITE GUY IN A SPORTSJACKET SCEAMING AT BLACK WOMAN: WOKE! DEI! WOMAN: I'M JUST TRYING TO ORDER A SANDWICH. 2. ANY CRITICISM OF THE LEADER MUST BE "BALANCED" BY A COLUMN SUPPORTING HIM. L.A. End Times Opinion Herding immigrants into sewage pits is going too far They aren't sewage pits--they're freedom holes 3. DON'T TEACH ABOUT ANY MARGINALIZED GROUP BEING TREATED UNFAIRLY PROFESSOR AT LECTERN: AND THEN THE JIM CROW LAWS WERE INTRODUCED BY MOSTLY-WHITE STATE GOVERNMENTS. STUDENT: I'M REPORTING YOU FOR RACISM! 4. DON'T INSULT OUR HEROIC BILLIONAIRES, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEWSPAPERS THEY OWN. RENDERING OF ANN TELNAES CARTOON THAT THE WASHINGTON POST REFUSED TO PUBLISH The Post EDITOR: THE SACKS OF MONEY WE GET FROM BEZOS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR SACKING THIS CARTOON! ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! 
#cartoon #fascism #Media #journalism #authoritarianism #oligarchy

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