Daria and Politics: Difference between revisions

It is noteworthy that most of those receiving Daria's barbs are not conservatives. Helen and Jake Morgendorffer, Mr. O'Neill, and many others are in fact political liberals whose excesses Daria mocks without end. She has, however, expressed mild respect for the ideals of the 1960s left wing in "That Was Them, This Is Dumb". In "[[Prize Fighters]]", she also expressed contempt for parts of the capitalist system in general and large corporations specifically, saying in an essay they were "fouling the planet and cheating their workers just to keep their stock prices pumped"; she was extremely put out to find the Wizard Foundation thought she was writing a spoof. She also showed distate for Wizard's hiring and promotion policies, which disadvantaged women and minorities. While dating [[Tom Sloane]], she was also repeatedly at odds with the priveleges and assumptions of the upper classes (and would also jump to conclusions based on her ''own'' assumptions about Tom's class).

While Daria is big on learning, though parts of the education ''system'' have attracted her ire. While she primarily focused on her high school, she targeted the US college system as forcing students to "grovel" for scholarships to pay their way in ("Prize Fighters") and for the upper-class colleges being more focused on family connections than on student merit ("[[Is It College Yet?]]"). Despite these views, she genuinely wanted to get into college and pushed Jane to apply as well. In ''[[Beavis and Butt-head (TV series)|Beavis and Butt-head's]]'' "[[Citizen Butt-head]]", she asked President Clinton if he meant to get all kids a college education or if his promise had "just been jerking us around". (Any other views she had on Clinton were not said)