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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Oh, I'm so glad you pointed it out. I thought I was going nuts thinking they were gaudy and in poor taste and I wasn't reading anyone saying it. 😂

The Mar-a-Lago face alone, and the gaudy golden shoes, statues, chandeliers and shit. Yuck lol

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

I wouldn't know how to look it up, but I really wonder what the average German or Italian who didn't support the fascist governments thought about them. Did they see the governments as strong, organized and competent, but didn't support them because they trampled on people's rights, etc? Or were Mussolini and Hitler seen as clowns and their supporters as tacky idiots?

As someone who wasn't alive back then, and who doesn't know anybody who was (at least not in those countries), it seems like they were probably seen as competent, powerful and organized. But, I really hope everyone knows that outside of the MAGA movement, they're seen as tacky, incompetent, weak, stupid and embarrassing. I would hate for a historian in 2100 (assuming humanity survives long enough for that) to be writing about MAGA saying that their aesthetic was powerful and intimidating, when it's much more reminiscent of a circus.