MAD is antithetical to the Leftist corporate dogmatic power over public perception.
They exposed hypocrisy and Mad Men media marketing tricks and claims.
Bill Gaines refused to take advertising in MAD Magazine for decades saying it wouldn’t be right to run a parody ad of Coca-Cola and then run a sponsored ad by Pepsi.
Warner Brothers owns MAD and did take ads after Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein passed away.
How are the international editions of MAD doing? For decades other countries had their own editions with a mix of foreign and domestic content.
And instead of water in the water cooler they had wine!