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Bet you he didn't have a 16year old telling him how to winnow the wheat. And they probably didn't shut down the field for this photo op either.
Nothing has changed. Religion and politics to control the masses.
Mussolini: "Do you want fries with that?"
I feel like part of the problem is that people don't expect fascism to be so goddamn pathetic. They see obvious morons like this or Trump, and they struggle to imagine how they could possibly be dangerous.
I guess the lesson from history here is that just because they're ridiculous it doesn't make them any less dangerous.
Hitler's book was literally titled "my struggle." His whole shtick was "I'm just this poor downtrodden Everyman trying to help the country, but the bad people won't let me!"
Like the stupid titles and vocabulary of the Klan, or the infantile memes of frenworld.
You weren't kidding! Here's an excerpt..
Its chief officer was the Grand Cyclops, who appointed two Nighthawks, a Grand Turk, a Grand Sentinel, Grand Magi and a Grand Ensign in addition to his Grand Scribe. The Grand Cyclops, Grand Exchequer, Grand Magi (second officer) and Grand Monk (third officer) were elected by the body politic of the dens, identified as Ghouls.
What the actual fuck?
Sounds like a game of Dungeons and White Dudes.
They sound like the titles a group of fifth graders would come up with for their secret treehouse club.
Fascism isn’t about how convincing the leader is, it’s about how discontent the followers are.
Strong Elon Musk cosplaying as a Libertarian vampire vibes
The obsession with right wing leaders to look masculine while having absolutely no clue on how to actually be a manly man is fascinating.
Trump is so much fatter tho.
Now do one where Trump's a centaur being ridden hard by Putin. Or the old two-person horse costume with Trump in the ass. No pun intended.
Honestly thank god even Trump isn't narcissistic enough to think he looks good without a shirt.
Can anyone explain WTF he was wearing motorcycle goggles in this photo? "Working" without a shirt, okay, sure, he wants a sunburn, that's his problem. But goggles? Is this some proto-cybergoth bullshit?
Actually, that is probably exactly what he was going for. Mussolini was a huge proponent of the Italian Futurist movement, and he had a lot of weird ideas about what was futuristic. Stuff like, "In the future, people will make their clothes out of milk." Anyway, aviation and representing aviation was a huge part of that, and he frequently used it in his propaganda.
FWIW, Caesin can be turned into a fiber (trade names include Aralac and Lanital when turned into fabric,) which could conceivably be used as clothing.
It’s also one of the earliest plastics (used in buttons and jewelry,)
That's interesting. I've long thought that self proclaimed Futurists are a clueless lot. It's technology advancement will always happen and is a good thing, full stop. No consideration for usefulness or how it helps people or even if it will work at all. Most of them lack a background in technology or science, or even just critical thinking skills to tell if they're being hoodwinked or not. The ones that do have a technical background, like Ray Kurzweil, are the real dangerous ones. They tend to dazzle with bullshit, some of which is correct, but it takes an expert to disentangle the correct parts.
The other site's /r/TechNewsToday was the worst for this. Articles about startup companies making impossible claims were swallowed whole, and you'd be downvoted to oblivion for pushing against it. Technology always progresses forward at a breakneck pace, it's always good, and there's nothing you can do to convince them otherwise.
Which is all to say that after a few moments thought, I'm not surprised that it was historically associated with fascism.
Italian Futurism is different from people talking incessantly about future advances.
Then a short time later he and the Italian Air force get taught a lesson in aviation by the RAF in Greece and North Africa lmao
Meanwhile, even the staged Stalin portraits said, "just try it, motherfucker."
Why does his hand become a part of his jacket? What secrets lie behind that mustache? Will anyone call for a doctor?
He lost his hand during the war, so it was replaced with papier-mache. Very sad.
They didn't have McDonalds' to stage a photo at back then.
What a strange looking person. He's like mini-me for Andre The Giant.
He looks even stranger as a corpse. Sic semper tyrannis.
so this is where Putin draws his inspiration from
This was suppose to be at his advantage?
Dude had some weird body proportions.
He's the older idea of 'barrel chested'.
Now slightly updated to Elon Musk's 'low poly truck chested'.
What's with anti commies acting like commies
Fascists are fascists no matter what ideology they espouse
I didn't recognize him, with out the piano wire.
And I had an onion tied to my belt, as was the style at the time.