https://theweek.com/cartoons?sort=publish_date&page=2

This is a political cartoon picked from “The Week”. In this post, I will explore the opposing perspectives on this political cartoon.

For:

We can see that this cartoon is very ironic, with the board on the writing stating “No testing. No treatment. No vaccine. So what?”, with the addition of the shop tag “Open Business” on the front door. With the shadow of a coronavirus-shape displayed on the ground. It is not hard for us to find out what the artist is trying to criticize. He is criticizing the US government for reopening the shops and the economy without considering the health of the country’s people. Coronavirus can hit us hard once people start to move a lot, which is surely going to happen after the economy reopens.

Against:

Surely, there are people opposing such ideas. They might think that temporarily closing the shops and many industries is already harming the economy to an extent that humanity has never seen before. And thus, reopening the shops is a very good idea (in their perspective) because that will slow down the damage this pandemic is bringing to the USA’s national economy (in regards to this political cartoon, as it’s set in the USA).

To conclude, there are always two sides to any political cartoons, and there are reasons for both sides. As there is no right or wrong for these judgments as people have various vested interests and perspectives.

Leave a comment on which side do you support for the political cartoon above!