YMMV / Make Mine Freedom

• Applicability: The short is obstensibly anti-communist, however, the inherent vagueness of the Ism has led people to interpreting it as a multitude of different systems, sometimes including capitalism itself, which, in fairness, it doesn't defend the entirety of, as stated below.
• Don't Shoot the Message: Considering some details about John Q. Public’s story and the time in which the cartoon was made, it most likely is defending the mixed economy exemplified by the New Deal, not pure laissez-faire capitalism. This would explain why the cartoon assumes that capitalism and democracy require each other, but it never distinguishes this from the abuses of the Gilded Age. This makes John seem overly naive, and can cause social democrats today to not fully agree with him while still acknowledging that totalitarianism is bad.
• Values Resonance: The closing speech is even more poignant today in an era where democracy is under attack by populists and demagogues who sow disunity through race-baiting and red-baiting, and when most Americans can’t properly argue in favor of the country’s ideals anymore.

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