That mf def doesn't have enough money to have that stance mean anything to him though

Non-nuanced explanation: Top flag - pro-cop. Bottom flag - libertarian, "anti-government". You can't be both.

Sure, I suppose I can make an attempt...

In modern internet culture, it's an overwhelmingly common[^1] practice to mentally classify things with as few labels as possible (ideally just one label), ignoring the possibility of misclassification or nuance.

Applying that practice to the flags in the photo, the meme author likely[^4] mentally classified each flag like this:

• Thin Blue Line flag = Pro-authority
• Gadsden flag = Anti-authority

Because the possibilities of misclassification and nuance are ignored, we can assume that these labels are correct.

Because the labels are correct, we can assume that it is actually the owner of the flags who is confused – not the meme author, nor us beholders/doomscrollers with whom the meme resonates.

Thanks to the logic of our "chain of assumptions"[^2] being correct, we can feel validated because our team wins again, and their team loses again[^3]. We are drawn to this feeling. We are more likely to upvote things that make us feel this.

This sort of mindset is not only socially acceptable, it is strongly encouraged[^1].

Source?

Of all the art that was definitely made by a furry

This was definitely made by a furry

You can inform them that what they're arguing for is a 'minarchist' or 'nightwatchman state'.

It's still nonsense but at least they'll call themselves by the right label.

Ancaps are hilarious.

It's always fun to ask these types difficult questions that they haven't thought about.

So if somebody burns your house down in an arson attack and is subsequently arrested by the police, that's a job done is it, you are not requiring any additional support, compensation, or assistance. The fact that the miscreant has been arrested is good enough for you is it?

The top flag is the 'thin blue line' flag, which promotes the idea that police are the only thing standing between civilization and a murder-happy anarchist dystopia. You'll generally see this flag and ideology attached to right wing authoritarians.

The lower flag is the Gadsden flag, which features a defensively positioned rattlesnake and the words, "Don't tread on me." It was originally a symbol of the colonial independence movement, but the Confederacy used it extensively during the civil war, causing association with the South. It eventually became associated with small government libertarian and anti-authoritarian types in later years, but never lost its association with the Confederacy. More recently, the Republican party started associating themselves with the Gadsden flag both due to their pro-deregulation stance, which they have tried to advertise as them being the party of small government, and as part of The Southern Strategy, an attempt to lure disenfranchised racist voters in the South. As the Republican party as moved further and further to the right, the Gadsden flag has sometimes been used as a neo-fascist symbol. There have been attempts to reappropriate it by anti-authoritarian and anti-fascist groups, however.