Most political cartoons ridicule an individual and their beliefs or the beliefs of a certain party in a single form of government. This takes the opportunity to mock two individual and their similar beliefs in completely different political systems a Democracy and a Dictatorship.
There is a small bird in the corner that is saying “dictator of the Mid-East and Mid-west unite”. The bird is very small and appears t be scared and not enjoying what it is forced to do. In the foreground you see Moammar Kadaffi writing a letter to Governor Scott walker about how much he loves the recent Union legislation and how it was passed. He praising the tactics that are usually viewed as war tactics (“Take no prisoners”) and in some cases going against the “Consent o the Governed”, this has no place in a true democracy . This makes Senator Walker appear to be a dictator so in a way this cartoon can also be viewed as mocking the power that this government gives to people and how they abuse it.
The satire in this cartoon applies more to Kadaffi than is does Walker because he is praising these completely unorthodox tactics for controlling a group of people. The adjectives that are describing these tactics are also in bold on the letter. It makes it appear as though he believe that that really is the way that he should be running his country. This does not make walker look goo either because he used these tactics.
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