<span>What the cartoons artist was trying to convey about american society b</span><span>y portraying uncle Sam and the statue of liberty talking is that government action is not always in line with liberty, and that sometimes it much be challenged. This is in line with the definition if a subversive given in the question above.</span>
It is a term that refers to the idea that Western people had a duty to civilize so-called “inferior” or nonwhite cultures. It was used to justify the European imperialism during the late nineteenth century.
