Posts on Social Media are entirely my views pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, part of the Canadian Constitution, which protects fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, mobility rights, legal rights, equality rights, official language rights, and minority language education rights. Refer to my Disclaimer for more details. Life can sometimes be pretty serious, too serious. As such, it is good “medicine for mental health” to laugh about things. For instance, a political cartoon is a drawing (often including caricature) made to convey editorial commentary on politics, politicians, and current events. Such cartoons play a role in the political discourse of a society that provides for freedom of speech and of the press. They are primarily opinion-oriented media and can generally be found on the editorial pages of newspapers and other journalistic outlets, whether in print or electronic form, and widely shared on many Social Media platforms. Their subject matter is usually that of current and newsworthy political issues, and, to be understood, they require that readers possess some basic background knowledge about their subject matter, ideally that provided by the medium in which they are published.
I am grateful for having been born and raised in South Africa, a third-world country where humour consists of a strong daily dose of rhetoric to ease the mood. Many Canadians don’t get it amid a narrow, privileged upbringing. Do not feel offended. The problem is not me, but you, if you don’t understand stuff I post, kindly move on and let others, including myself, enjoy it. I don’t have a large following on Social Media and prefer it that way. Instead of being required to connect, I would rather follow others. You can request to connect. But why would I want to accept to connect if we are not close friends in real life? Rather, just following is the best advice. It keeps it healthy-neutral, in my view.
Eugene Van Den Berg
Eugene is an accomplished Analyst, Accountant, Controller, CFO, and Corporate Finance expert with many years of diverse finance and accounting experience across different industries and with different companies, including non-for-profits. He is a knowledge- and information worker with a passion to solve complex financial management problems and financial reporting processes. Eugene is passionate about finance and economics. He enjoys blogging about interesting economic aspects of current times. He also enjoys following how politics interjects with finance, economy and statistics. Future academic ambition includes enrolling for a PhD in Economics (for the fun of it!).