Why do the political right use more memes than anyone else?

IMO, the more right wing you are, the more likely you are to communicate your political ideas in memes. I'm a socialist and I rarely communicate in less than five paragraphs.😜

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CountScrofula · 41-45, M

Because the modern right has its origins on 4chan and internet spaces like that and the left doesn't have that (forgive me for using this word) pedigree.

If you go to the most active meme maker spaces online, they have a decided right tilt and are churning out new content every five seconds.

Left wing memes seem to be the most popular on Facebook, and leftbook is more about weird in-jokes about dogs and brutalism. It's fun, but not particularly urgent or relevant.

And frankly, the right is willing to get a lot nastier with memes than the left. A meme that's cruel, untrue, but emotionally resonant is going to go far. You end up with this system of older people sharing the memes young folks made.

A right wing meme site, Ontario Proud was instrumental in getting Doug Ford elected as premier of Ontario for example.

Or in short - we're just not as good at memes as the right are.

As evidenced by this five-paragraph post instead of a picture of Trump smirking about having cucked someone.

MethDozer · M

@CountScrofula ^^^^^^^^

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@MethDozer To rant a bit more, I see lefties share memes on Facebook and there's like a paragraph of fucking text explaining something about intersectional feminism in what's supposed to be a funny picture.

WHO WANTS THAT

MethDozer · M

@CountScrofula That's what I mean in my comment below. The left netizens just don't have the humor to make them stick and go anywhere.
Most of the So called "right-wing" memes were never that and still aren't. Internet dweebs just make memes, part of that is about being edgy and triggering for absurd humor. Some people end up taking them seriously and then make serious copies.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@CountScrofula Then you get blowhards who post essay length answers. Nobody wants that either. 🤐 Pot calls kettle black. 😜

MethDozer · M

@Burnley123

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 Yeah but I'm not making memes here :D

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@CountScrofula I barely use twitter because of the character limit.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@Burnley123 WE SHALL NOT BE SHACKLED.

Burnley123 · 41-45, M

@CountScrofula👍️

cultofaction · 26-30, M

@CountScrofula
[quote]As evidenced by this five-paragraph post[/quote]
>five paragraphs
>eight total sentences
Let me fix that for you

[quote]As evidenced by this f̶i̶v̶e̶-̶p̶a̶r̶a̶g̶r̶a̶p̶h̶ ̶̶p̶o̶s̶t̶ reddit spacing[/quote]

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@cultofaction Pedunt.

cultofaction · 26-30, M

@CountScrofula 🤣

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

@cultofaction Sigh, nobody ever falls for that.

MethDozer · M

@CountScrofula 4cghan wasn't right wing until fairly recently even then it's mostly just /pol/