Why can't the left make memes?
Humor is produced by presenting a truth that, for one reason or another, is hidden, whether by state repression or social disapproval.
Humor is the result of provocation, but in order to create the desired effect, people need to share a minimum perception of reality, which ends up being a fundamental difference between the right and the left.
While the right believes that there are certain immutable structures in our social, political and economic reality, the left believes that this same structure can be modified according to their utopias.
It has gone so far that today these people even deny the existence of insurmountable biological differences between men and women, for example.
Therefore, a humorous comment about these differences can only be produced by someone who perceives them, first and foremost, and is willing to exploit them.
For the left, such an act is not only offensive, but also criminal. In this way, the left has lost its ability to make humor, because it can no longer understand reality and, even when it can, it is unwilling to present it, because this goes against its pseudo-moralism.
The radicalism of the left and its quest to subvert human nature itself are not only a threat to humor, but also to freedom.
It is ironic, since one of the leftists' criticisms of conservatives was their tendency towards dogmatism. Today, no one is more rigid in observing their dogmas than the left.
Since they can no longer be interesting, they have lost control of social networks, leaving only the search for CENSORSHIP.
Original in portuguese : https://x.com/leandroruschel/status/1814276393104236906
Good explanation, but I tend to think of it in simpler terms.
Memes require a kernel of truth to work.
The more you lie, the harder it becomes to recognise truth
This is why the left can't meme.
For a good meme I would say the two main requirements are truth and humour. Need I say more?
Agree. And the left lack both.