One of the greatest strengths of caricature lies in its ability to simplify political realities without stripping them of meaning. A single drawing can capture corruption, hypocrisy, or brutality more efficiently than long analytical texts. Dictators often rely on carefully constructed images of strength, wisdom, and inevitability; caricature dismantles these myths by revealing the human flaws and moral emptiness behind them. By reducing grand political narratives to visually striking metaphors, satirical art makes oppression easier to recognize and harder to justify.
