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76 years later we need to substitute MAGA Republicans and Christians for all the “Communists” in this 1947 comic.

Of course, the MAGAts would republish the comic as it is and claim it represents today’s danger. I wonder which of the caricatures would be Super Biden?

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Jul 18Liked by Peter Pappas

I was only 4 when it was published, but I think I remember it.

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Sigh, it’s deja vu all over again!

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Jul 18Liked by Peter Pappas

The projection of whomever wrote this is pretty wild given that every Black labor and civil rights activist known to the right was accused of being a communist.

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Jul 18Liked by Peter Pappas

The power of imagery and words and the human imagination should always be taught and understood for good and/or for ill. Such is the basic human experience and potential around the world for all ages. Or so it seems to me.

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A lot depends on where you stand politically. It's not hard to take this a right wing look at the modern left, pushing identity over solidarity, uniformity in academia, weak speakers, control over news narratives and so on.

Perhaps the ease with which both sides can see this as an allegory of the other is noteworthy?

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Authoritarianism and populism are the twin threats to the world today. The far-right is currently in the nutjob zeitgeist in North America and Europe, but there are leftist populists in Latin America running the show. Extremists who rely on riling up fear in the public are among our most present threats today.

Great comic!

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Jul 18Liked by Peter Pappas

But...but...it CAN'T happen HERE!!

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Jul 18Liked by Peter Pappas

A-MA-ZING

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This Forgotten File is a gem (among many) and reminds of this lesser but possibly stranger gem — the 1950s TV Western featuring a fictional con man named Trump:

https://variety.com/2019/politics/news/trackdown-1950s-tv-show-border-wall-trump-1203106000/

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I’d say that this is a good example of how the spectrum of politics has bent into a horseshoe. The far-left (especially of the recent past) and far-right (particularly of the present day) are incredibly similar in tone, tactics, and (it appears) appeal.

*sigh* and this is part of why I can’t be doing with fanatics of ANY stripe. They have no room in their thoughts to listen to or accept anyone else’s ideas, and will invariably try to impose their beliefs onto everyone else around them!

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This is Today: America Under Fascism!

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