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this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
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What I always find most striking about this picture is the insane, obvious, over-the-top evilness of it. But then I remember that at the time there was no prior insane evilness for that kind of iconography to be associated with. It's a design language, a trend, and just like anything else it can be popular or unpopular depending on the context. One decade baggy pants look cool, then they look stupid, then they look cool again, and so on. At the time that that first went on display, it probably didn't seem so obviously evil.
For a long time I thought the most valuable lesson that picture can teach is that evil can always wear a new disguise, and a mere visual similarity is not enough to identify it. You have to be able to look behind the disguise and see what is really there.
But it seems that this generation of evil is not so creative.
I think the common thing is they want to show power. They probably thought of it that way and not that they are trying to project evil.
Modern day military imagery is all about Spartans and swords and Roman things, and they just think it's badass. Sparta's military wasn't that good, and they were considered barbaric even by Bronze Age standards, throwing babies off cliffs etc. They think they're the good guys.
When it comes to stripping their union rights, cutting their pay, removing workplace safety laws, increasing their cost of healthcare, ignoring new job creation projects because they're "woke" or "dei." That comes first!
The answer to the question, “Who do we sacfrifice?”
Notice how the words "American Workers" is written in small lettering. Small enough that some may not even be able to read it from afar, while FIRST is in all caps. Then take into account orange man being on top of the text. Subliminally trying to instill in people that "Trump is first"?
He was talking about the camps silly
Planet. Astronaut. Gun. Astronaut.
jesus that flag is orwellian; where’s the workers lol
Just wait, they’re still building the camps
Is that flag portrait real or photoshopped ?
If it's real that's absolutely bonkers.
Welcome to the bonkers world that comes from a population who stopped caring about anything several decades ago.
Reactionaries never have the self-awareness to ask that question. It's always the "woke left" (or whatever the euphemism of the day) that drove them to this.
These aren't "reactionaries" though, they're guard.
They absolutely hate this shit, and even if they used to like trump, everyday they're there that's going to be a less common sentiment.
He's burning all his loyalty on optics.
I was referring to the dickheads who eat up the fascist imagery and deployment of troops against civilians, but I wasn't very clear.
Only the optics are through friendly, corporate rose-colored glasses.
Have you tried the new rosegold-colored glasses? I don’t even see the code anymore.
They absolutely hate this shit
... Do they though?
1984 Ministry of Truth is totally just CHATGPT and some guardrails.
Man's favourite picture is his mugshot. Imagine if Obama got arrested and proudly put up his mugshot everywhere.
Oh because he's dying the sycophants are all sucking up extra hard and doing things like this...
... right right right, the power plays for whose left in charge of what must be in overdrive right now.
Since 1776, yep!
More like 1492.
LITERALLY always have been
This has some "V for Vendetta" vibes for me. Have you preordered your Guy Fawkes mask yet?
No, I bought another gun for my cuddle pile
America 250 eh?
Fucking fascist supporters