2010-11-22

A two-part diagram comic titled "As Above, So Below." The top half, labeled "The Military-Industrial Complex," shows three yellow boxes arranged in a triangle with arrows forming a feedback loop: Congress points to Defense Contractors, which points to Military, which points back to Congress. A caption reads that the existence of a large defense industry increases the likelihood of war, which results in a larger defense industry. The bottom half mirrors this exactly, labeled "The Masturbatory-Porndustrial Complex," with three purple boxes: Brain points to Porno Collection, which points to Penis, which points back to Brain. Its caption reads that the existence of a large porno collection increases the likelihood of masturbation, which results in a larger porn collection. The joke is that the porn cycle has the identical self-reinforcing structure as the military-industrial complex. Votey: a black-and-white panel where a bespectacled person standing behind a seated person at a desk says, "You need to get out more." The seated person indignantly replies, "I'm a political theorist!"