Elect a Man to Fish

Give a man a fish, you’ll feed him for a day. Elect a man to fish for you, and all of a sudden fishing becomes some mystical function that only a few elite in society can perform, at great expense to the rest of it.

A text-based political meme contrasts giving someone a fish with electing someone to fish on everyone’s behalf. It satirizes representative government and elite control by portraying ordinary fishing as an inaccessible, expensive mystical service. It is shared as a reaction to political systems that create unnecessary complexity and privilege. EN: A text-based political meme contrasts giving someone a fish with electing someone to fish on everyone’s behalf. It satirizes representative government and elite control by portraying ordinary fishing as an inaccessible, expensive mystical service. It is shared as a reaction to political systems that create unnecessary complexity and privilege.

• @deenya_md / 7954 2024-04-28