The meaning of “Contrary to the cartoon”
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Politically, as Brink Lindsey has diagnosed, the coincidence of wealth with toleration has led to the bizarre paradox of a conservative movement that embraces economic change but hates its social consequences and a liberal movement that loves the social consequences but hates the economic source from which they come. ‘One side denounced capitalism but gobbled up its fruits; the other cursed the fruits while defending the system that bore them.’ Contrary to the cartoon, it was commerce that freed people from narrow materialism, that gave them the chance to be different.
In this passage, I cannot figure out the meaning of “Contrary to the cartoon.”
I have checked the possibility of idiom unknown to me, and googled in vain.
Hope you can give a hand.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
Hi I can't say I've read the whole thing but I think 'cartoon' is just the wrong word. I think the writer means 'caricature' - a simple picture of something, in words or pictures, that exaggerates certain aspects. A cartoon does this in pictures, but the writer is referring to a verbal description 'Contrary to' really just means that the writer disagrees with the caricature and has a different view The caricature is: - The coincidence of wealth with toleration has led to the bizarre paradox of a conservative movement that embraces economic change but hates its social consequences and a liberal movement that loves the social consequences but hates the economic source from which they come.
- Hi I can't say I've read the whole thing but I think 'cartoon' is just the wrong word.
- I think the writer means 'caricature' - a simple picture of something, in words or pictures, that exaggerates certain aspects.
- A cartoon does this in pictures, but the writer is referring to a verbal description 'Contrary to' really just means that the writer disagrees with the caricature and has a different view The caricature is: - The coincidence of wealth with toleration has led to the bizarre paradox of a conservative movement that embraces economic change but hates its social consequences and a liberal movement that loves the social consequences but hates the economic source from which they come.
- Dave
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I can't say I've read the whole thing but I think 'cartoon' is just the wrong word. I think the writer means 'caricature' - a simple picture of something, in words or pictures, that exaggerates certain aspects. A cartoon does this in pictures, but the writer is referring to a verbal description
'Contrary to' really just means that the writer disagrees with the caricature and
0(I'm pretty sure you're right. Your answer makes a good context.)
But since this passage comes from a published book, I think I still could use another opinion to double-check.
0Yes, go for it. There is a cartoon at the top of the article, but I don't see how the author is referring to that
Best wishes, Dave
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