I’m not sure the far-right worldview translates well into humor.
It never feels like their goal is to actually make anyone laugh but rather to wrap some humor around a stick and hit a minority with it.
The most successful jokes are primarily used as a dogwhistle. “I identify as an attack helicopter” or “equal rights means equal lefts” might have got a mild chuckle the first time, but now it’s clearly just a mask-on way of saying “I don’t respect the trans community or women who don’t behave the way I want”.
It also takes millions of dollars to prop it up. Unsurprisingly, people who are wealthy and willing enough to just buy up a mode of mass communication to push their opinions on others tend to be assholes.
Sounds like they’re trying to do the “Babylon Bee” but for the UK. Seems to be the same calibre of humour as well.
I’m not sure the far-right worldview translates well into humor.
It never feels like their goal is to actually make anyone laugh but rather to wrap some humor around a stick and hit a minority with it.
The most successful jokes are primarily used as a dogwhistle. “I identify as an attack helicopter” or “equal rights means equal lefts” might have got a mild chuckle the first time, but now it’s clearly just a mask-on way of saying “I don’t respect the trans community or women who don’t behave the way I want”.
It also takes millions of dollars to prop it up. Unsurprisingly, people who are wealthy and willing enough to just buy up a mode of mass communication to push their opinions on others tend to be assholes.