this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2023
124 points (96.3% liked)

Political Memes

7946 readers
2344 users here now

Welcome to politcal memes!

These are our rules:

Be civilJokes are okay, but don’t intentionally harass or disturb any member of our community. Sexism, racism and bigotry are not allowed. Good faith argumentation only. No posts discouraging people to vote or shaming people for voting.

No misinformationDon’t post any intentional misinformation. When asked by mods, provide sources for any claims you make.

Posts should be memesRandom pictures do not qualify as memes. Relevance to politics is required.

No bots, spam or self-promotionFollow instance rules, ask for your bot to be allowed on this community.

No AI generated content.Content posted must not be created by AI with the intent to mimic the style of existing images

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 17 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was told the translation of the text is "In the near future"

Some things never change. Like chuds complaining.

[–] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Ancient* Rome too, "When you lift their dress, you find none other than a populare!" "We need to go back to family values!" -Conservatives of yore, the Optimates ("Optimal people", the elites, rich assholes with private security, who's usage led to the chaos that ended Rome).

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

"Plebs dance too lewdly!" "Women are too sexually independent!" "Gay marriage is making our men weak and effeminate!" are also classics from Roman conservatives

EDIT: Oh, and "Medicine is newfangled Greek hogwash, just eat cabbage"

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Medicine is newfangled Greek hogwash, just eat cabbage"

I want this on a tee shirt

[–] theywilleatthestars@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

ikr? You'd think the artist would've taken a step back and said, "Wow, maybe I should make this more ill-fitting if I'm trying to complain", but instead they're both drawn pulling off the clothing switch magnificently.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think he'd be better served cleaning up that facial hair, but the outfit really flatters him.

She looks fantastic.

[–] AClassyGentleman@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact, going by the K-D mark, this was from the Constitutional Democratic Party, who were the liberals. If this was actually from 1917, I'd assume it was rallying against one of the socialist parties (or socialist parties in general). Between the October revolution of 1917 and Stalin seizing power, there was a massive expansion of LGBTQ+ rights, to the point that we're still fighting for many of those rights today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_Democratic_Party

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Well, the "This is the future liberals want" meme is talking about social liberalism more generally, but yes, the Sovs expanded LGBT rights despite some internal dissent until Stalin took over. The SovUnion was superior to the Weimar Republic (for all of its faults, still the focal point of LGBT activism in Europe) in terms of LGBT rights at the time.

[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I remember that George Michael video.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

That hat is pretty...

Pretty fuckin awesome!

[–] Getallen 6 points 2 years ago
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

This looks pretty awesome, really

[–] BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social 1 points 2 years ago

Homie got clown shoes on