In an age of censorship and conformity, social media memes have proven cut through on issues thought outside the bounds of ‘acceptable’ debate. They serve as a Trojan horse for injecting hard truths and outside-the-box ideas into public discourse under the guise of humour.
In this context, the tragedy of the Liberal Party’s election campaign was its values vacuum.
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