I think demographic spillover to some extent. Basketball is seen as more of an African american sport (vs hard racism). Rural areas are also more likely have to have a gas station with a 44-64oz/1-2L fountain drink vs urban coffee shops. Macs are viewed as more artistic and high end

Well Starbucks has been hardcore screwing over their workers so they are on the shit list.

I don’t know what the people are doing at the top.

Baseball is kinda a more old school and traditional sport, while basketball is more hip and new.

共 - here meaning “together”, “joint” or “common”

和 - here meaning peace or harmony.

The connection here is a peace/harmony/order (because peace/harmony stems from order) that comes from “together” or “joint” (rule). Hence, republicanism (as in the ruling system).

It is the literal translation of the names of the parties.

Democracy party

Republicanism party

Yeah, no. Republicans and sharing are two words that won’t fit into the same sentence

And Apple

And the Tesla

And take the NYT there too

Yep move all the mainstream media out of that left column.

At first glance I thought the catcher is pointing a gun towards the other guy’s ass.

As Jesus intended

* Jesus in this comment is American Jesus only. Any resemblance to other incarnations of Jesus are entirely coincidental and should not be inferred.

I like that they think the business professionals just spend the day eating KFC in their pickup truck while listening to Morgan Wallen.

I mean, have you lived in the south? Not too far off base

Looks like the batter got hit in the balls…

Agreeing/coming to an agreement, versus the “left” side constantly arguing.

Japan et al is a very societally conservative country and considers the typical right-wing mob/sheep mentality preferable to the left’s constant debates.

Probably because MAC was niche for a long time hipster for a long time. HP/Compaq and now Dell has almost always been synonymous with corporate office workers

HP, I think, just represents using a generic PC. The stereotype is that liberals use Macs

I feel like this is because Japanese tourists hit up Hawaii and the west cost a lot. Affluent areas and the west coast tech scene are littered with Macs. And those areas are also pretty blue.

I came here to comment that this looks like AI and don’t want to be repetitive but I would reckon this is 100% AI.

HP is BUSINESS, while Apple is CREATIVE. The greatest of political divides. /s

This picture is at least 15 years old, I remember it making the rounds during uhh, I want to say Obama’s first term.

Apple is aligned with Trump thanks to Tim Cook

The infographic is explaining broad cultural differences. If you think many people in liberal america are changing their laptops because of Tim Cook, you are out of touch.

NYT writes with a conservative slant

Again, this is about broad cultural trends. I know one of lemmy’s favorite catchphrases is “America has a center right party and a far right party” - and I’m not saying that isn’t true. But the people in these parties and the people occupying their associated social demographics see large differences between each other, which is what this infographic is about. American liberals, by and large, respect the NYT. They might disagree with its slant in one way or another, but if a god-and-guns conservative starts criticizing it over thanksgiving dinner, they will defend it tooth and nail. Meanwhile, American leftists are not represented in this infographic because they make up an incredibly small portion of the population, and are largely culturally irrelivant outside a few isolated and insular pockets.

HP is shit-tier hardware, but WhyTF is it red?

It is a stand-in for non-Mac PCs in general. They probably felt they had to pick a brand to counter “Mac”, and HP only has 2 letters and so fit in the infographic better.

What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

I agree this is their weakest comparison. I assume they were going with basketball=black people, baseball=apple pie. A more apt comparison, imo, would be conservatives watching sports while liberals watch TED Talks or something.

What makes Basketball inherently democratic/liberal? What makes Baseball republican/conservative?

Maybe the artist considered basketball “liberal” because many of the best players are Black, and the game is often played by kids in cities. I think better choices for a conservative sport would be American football or NASCAR.

This is all just a guess.

Hell, facism is the least of all reasons to hate HP laptops

It’s PC vs MAC. The war rages on.