\u201cDilbert\u201d became popular because the cartoon\u2019s creator, Scott Adams, mocked absurdity.<\/strong><\/p>\n At first, this was universally popular; the strip lampooned the absurdities 1990s corporate orthodoxy was on. The comic, for the unaware, revolves around the eponymous engineer Dilbert, his co-workers and superiors at a nameless mega-corporation, and his anthropomorphic pets.<\/strong><\/p>\n Because the strip attacked shallow cultural trends, Kafkaesque corporate bureaucracy and the kind of facile jargon that underpinned the \u201cWho Moved My Cheese?\u201d-style business leadership, \u201cDilbert\u201d had an image of being part of the liberal counterculture.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the intervening years, three things have made \u201cDilbert\u201d and Adams problematic for the left<\/a>. First, the liberal \u201ccounterculture\u201d became the dominant corporate culture<\/a>. Second, it became even more absurd than it was. Third, \u201cDilbert\u201d and Adams both continued to attack absurdity.<\/strong><\/p>\n Adams\u2019 slow-motion courtship of cancellation by the left began during the run-up to the 2016 election when he a) predicted<\/a> Donald Trump would win the presidency and b) didn\u2019t seem averse to the idea. He started a podcast that skewed along conservative lines. That said, he\u2019s still unpredictable (according to Politico<\/a>, he\u2019s praised the persuasion skills of Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) but, he never repudiated Trump or the Republicans.<\/strong><\/p>\n Below is one of Dilbert’s recent cartoons:<\/p>\n If nothing else, this exemplifies the absurdity of the both the diversity culture and the idea that what you identify as changes anything.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My husband is a techie who loves Dilbert. Occasionally I enjoy the strip, but it seems to be mostly about engineering types. However, Dilbert does have a way of capturing the insanity that sometimes shows up in the average workplace. … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DilbertCartoon.jpg\")
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