The parallels are genuinely disturbing. It's further disturbing how many Americans are just cool with it.

How any Republican can't see this is beyond me.

During the Italian fascist period, it was used as the political headquarters of Benito Mussolini, and was adorned with a giant sculpture of the dictator's face surrounded by the word "SI" (Italian for "YES”).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo_Braschi#History

Also present is the mysterious leader Big Brother, who has an intense cult of personality. The Party brutally purges anyone who does not fully conform to their regime, using the Thought Police and constant surveillance through telescreens (two-way televisions), cameras and hidden microphones. Those who fall out of favour with the Party become "unpersons", disappearing per damnatio memoriae with all evidence of their existence destroyed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four_(1984_film)

It looks like it says “Make America Hate Again” which yeah does seem like their agenda.

It is also funny to me that this is the picture he would choose…like…he sees this and thinks he looks cool. He really is the calibre of villain who would be in a movie where the main character is a dog.

Plastering the face of the person routinely denying people justice on the front of the department of Justice.

You couldn't cut through the irony with a case of dynamite and a rock drill.

everytime America tries to remake something European, they fuck it up.

Outside it's 1933 so I'm hitting the bar.

Donald should avoid gas stations.

That quote hits because it reminds us how symbols and moments can echo across time. Different eras, different contexts—but history always leaves lessons worth reflecting on.