Operative since the Nixon Administration,
the Cartoon Universe has enjoyed wars on drugs, wars on sex,
wars on distant foreigners & wars on kids these days.
In those good old days, humour was always found in a dreary Soviet politburo
that altered facts to fit its desired conclusions.
Now that we're in the 21stC, it's an entirely different environment.
Accordingly, the CU is approaching matters as if the earth was flat.