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so this is where Putin draws his inspiration from
Nothing has changed. Religion and politics to control the masses.
This was suppose to be at his advantage?
What's with anti commies acting like commies
What a strange looking person. He's like mini-me for Andre The Giant.
He looks even stranger as a corpse. Sic semper tyrannis.
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.
Mussolini: "Do you want fries with that?"
Strong Elon Musk cosplaying as a Libertarian vampire vibes
Was he 3' tall?
5'6" according to one dodgy looking source I found on the internet
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.
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.
There's an RSS bot that reposts HackerNews content to Lemmy. I think [email protected] is the current iteration, if you want some fascists futurists delivered directly to you.
Comments over there on the Orange Site really run the gamut from naive boosters who don't see how technology could ever be misused to straight up grifters lying to promote their shitty startups and glorify the idea of the enlightened tech genius/savior.
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,)
They didn't have McDonalds' to stage a photo at back then.
Honestly thank god even Trump isn't narcissistic enough to think he looks good without a shirt.
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.