Authoritarianism. It has no strong preference for left or right. Wherever there's a strong man. You will have the people that think the strong man protects them and serves them. Even as he serves himself. And the people who are being tread on.

I'll match that on he completely misunderstands the punisher

Of all the art that was definitely made by a furry

This was definitely made by a furry

Source?

100% this.

"Don't infringe on what I determine to be my rights; but abduct/kill anyone I determine to be an enemy"

If there was a god or higher being, especially karma or universal reciprocity, the first people to die because of social Darwinism would be the ones propagating social Darwinism.

true

in the horse shoe theory they populate the gap. all on their own between the commies and the nazis believing whatever toxic shit they like. ready to kill anyone that comes near them

"I'm one of the good ones"

Ancaps are hilarious.

You can inform them that what they're arguing for is a 'minarchist' or 'nightwatchman state'.

It's still nonsense but at least they'll call themselves by the right label.

It's always fun to ask these types difficult questions that they haven't thought about.

So if somebody burns your house down in an arson attack and is subsequently arrested by the police, that's a job done is it, you are not requiring any additional support, compensation, or assistance. The fact that the miscreant has been arrested is good enough for you is it?

True. It was made up by Swedish cops as an excuse for not doing their jobs.

The top flag is the 'thin blue line' flag, which promotes the idea that police are the only thing standing between civilization and a murder-happy anarchist dystopia. You'll generally see this flag and ideology attached to right wing authoritarians.

The lower flag is the Gadsden flag, which features a defensively positioned rattlesnake and the words, "Don't tread on me." It was originally a symbol of the colonial independence movement, but the Confederacy used it extensively during the civil war, causing association with the South. It eventually became associated with small government libertarian and anti-authoritarian types in later years, but never lost its association with the Confederacy. More recently, the Republican party started associating themselves with the Gadsden flag both due to their pro-deregulation stance, which they have tried to advertise as them being the party of small government, and as part of The Southern Strategy, an attempt to lure disenfranchised racist voters in the South. As the Republican party as moved further and further to the right, the Gadsden flag has sometimes been used as a neo-fascist symbol. There have been attempts to reappropriate it by anti-authoritarian and anti-fascist groups, however.

Non-nuanced explanation: Top flag - pro-cop. Bottom flag - libertarian, "anti-government". You can't be both.

Sure, I suppose I can make an attempt...

In modern internet culture, it's an overwhelmingly common[^1] practice to mentally classify things with as few labels as possible (ideally just one label), ignoring the possibility of misclassification or nuance.

Applying that practice to the flags in the photo, the meme author likely[^4] mentally classified each flag like this:

• Thin Blue Line flag = Pro-authority
• Gadsden flag = Anti-authority

Because the possibilities of misclassification and nuance are ignored, we can assume that these labels are correct.

Because the labels are correct, we can assume that it is actually the owner of the flags who is confused – not the meme author, nor us beholders/doomscrollers with whom the meme resonates.

Thanks to the logic of our "chain of assumptions"[^2] being correct, we can feel validated because our team wins again, and their team loses again[^3]. We are drawn to this feeling. We are more likely to upvote things that make us feel this.

This sort of mindset is not only socially acceptable, it is strongly encouraged[^1].

That mf def doesn't have enough money to have that stance mean anything to him though