That's funny, I recall Ricardo being taught as a classic liberal in school, but reading the Wikipedia page he doesn't seem to be?
Seems like a cool dude tbh.

bits you were born with

What do you mean?

:_(

How do you even respond to that? /gen

Is this comic sarcastic? It looks legit but the ex-wives personification says otherwise.

values-based stories? Surely they mean monetary value?

Which of Chomsky's works are you referring to here?

I read this now 4 times; is the text using the appropriate pronouns for her somewhere?

I think it is obvious I don't know anything about China. Stuff I found out after skimming the Wikipedia articles:

The current dynasties aren't listed (they probably can't be called that) and are apparently:

• Republic of China (see response)
• People's Republic of China

Mao:

Finally, on 1 October 1949, Communists led by Mao Zedong founded the People's Republic of China.

Deng:

was a Chinese politician who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China from December 1978 to November 1989.

Über Wakey and Shiney

Fifth panel: Mao destroying the console.