>>40004093I think their rationale is "teach a man to fish". To analyze the metaphor, the author's idea is "why sustain them in the hole when you can instead help them climb out of it?"
Of course, like the vast majority of political cartoons, it oversimplifies everything. These artists tend to overestimate their wisdom because they assume their artistic skills somehow make them smarter than the average Joe. It's why so many of their pieces are full of strawmen, false equivalencies, and "I AM SILLY"-tier ad homenims.
