This should be taken as an obvious, conclusive refutation of the idea that capitalism is a meritocracy.

It is absolutely unhinged behavior. The fact that they think it’s a good way to score points in public discussion is like exhibit fucking A in what people mean when they say the far right is weird. Like, we have a lot of weird, insular meme culture here, but I don’t see a lot of Hexbears or leftists in general trying to use those weirdo things out in public to sway public opinion.

It doesn’t help that they’re responding like this (CW: transphobia and general grossness):

Conceptualizing, drawing, and posting this shit is fucking weird, and I can’t imagine it playing at all with someone who isn’t totally brain poisoned by the internet. The more they make this kind of thing the centerpiece of their campaign, the worse things will go for them, I think. tried this strategy once, and everyone just recoiled from him. Trump has won in spite of this tendency among his followers, but they seem to have decided now that it was because of it.