This would make a great short film. Like an episode of Black Mirror or something in that vein.

What is the name of the song?

PSL says “anticommunism is the unofficial religion of America” and it’s true. Both major parties claim the other is communist, because to many Americans, communism is just the equivalent of Satanic.

What annoys me is how blatantly constructed the narrative is to try and convince Americans that Trump is a foreign and unique threat, and only by continuing arming Israel and Ukraine can you truly show your opposition to Trump and other “tyrants”.

I looked into 50501 to try and get a feel for their platform, since these protests were suspiciously well-advertised and didn’t seem to say much beyond “Trump bad”. All I can find are the usual Democrat talking points: vague promises of civil rights and justice, punctuated by an explicit promise to arm Ukraine and Israel and support them no matter what. Well, Ukraine is explicitly mentioned, Israel is implied.

I’ve also noticed the narrative keeps trying to focus on the imagery of a military parade as “authoritarian”, when it’s not inherently so. Media, influencers, and protesters keep comparing Trump to Mao and Stalin, and the whole of the Democrats’ messaging has been giving very big “what are we, a bunch of Asians?” energy.

Protestors, thankfully, aren’t really out there for 50501’s platform; they’re there in solidarity for immigrants and Palestine as well as being anti-Trump.

But yeah, they have been more insufferable than ever lately. Tbh, I’ve talked to Trump supporters whose heads aren’t as far up their asses.

But saying “No Clowns” will alienate our allies like Ukraine 😔

Okay, I’m glad I’m not the only person put off by this. 50501 and the “No Kings” movement has been rubbing me the wrong way, and being unable to quite describe why had me second guessing myself.

Western history for sure, but I imagine Russia, China, and most of the world will recognize the truth. It just sucks for us stuck living in the empire.

Iirc, didn’t Hitler also say something to the effect that if Germans lost to the USSR, they deserved to be killed wholesale? Fash really do expect total annihilation for one side or the other, and seem to take peace as an opportunity only to try again later. It’s disgusting.

The objective, I believe, is just to make it as grizzly, bloody, and awful as possible, because they have the full backing of Western media. The history books (in the West, anyway) will blame all of it on Russian aggression, and this narrative will be driven into everyone who will listen, in every region they can get their slimy tentacles into.

It’s been their game plan all along, as we all know. From the very beginning they intentionally put artillery next to active schools, hid their soldiers in school buses and ambulances, and did everything in their power to maximize their own civilian death tolls, knowing Western media and audiences would blame Russia for every death that could have been easily avoided. These people are fighting for control of the region to remake it as they see fit, and for all their talk of nationalism and the Ukrainian people, they will gladly sacrifice the entire population if it lets them rule what’s left to be “pure”.

I remember about 5 years ago I saw a book titled Stalin’s War in Barnes & Noble here in the U.S. Until that point, I’d only ever heard the “Stalin and the USSR were actually responsible for WWII, Hitler was a natural reaction to Bolshevism” from neo-Nazis. Then, there it was, as pop history available in a very public format, presented as historical fact, with no competing narratives. Every other “history” text they had there about socialist countries was the usual “communism is when bad”, but this was the first time I’d seen it taken further than horseshoe theory or lesser of two evils.

All this to say we’re not arriving at a new step. It’s just they’re finally rewriting reality more Westerners might be familiar with. Right-wing fringe has steadily been integrated into the mainstream for awhile now. Maybe even longer than I’ve noticed.

That makes sense.

True. I don’t have any confidence in Trump’s administration as peacemaker, though.

God, reading that was painful. They really do try to spin the narrative in the most obnoxious ways. I’m not holding my breath a peace deal will be made based on how Ukraine and its backers are talking. Feels like more posturing by the West to try and paint Russia as unreasonable for not surrendering unconditionally while winning.

This is kinda funny to me for a reason. Confederate apologists support Trump, and one of their biggest “gotcha!” plays for villifying Abraham Lincoln was his suspension of Habeas Corpus. They love going “Lincoln was a tyrant for suspending our rights when half the country literally seceded and attacked forts.” But if Trump does it to imprison progressives peacefully protesting the genocide in Gaza, or marching for their civil rights, those same “rebels” will lick the boot.

I had several catalysts while earning my BA in History. It’s a sick joke, and if you cry foul, they hold you in the same regard as Holocaust deniers or anti-vaxxers because you’re “fringe”.

They’re half-aware of the double-standard, too. My professors talked a lot about the dubious nature of sources, and how much of modern historiography amounts to reinterpreting the available evidence to challenge narratives, and how much academia requires funding for research and catering to your sponsors.

My favorite professor told me you wouldn’t find any “Stalin apologists” in academia today. He, and others, all astonished (and horrified) me once. We got to do this trip to Italy, and I mentioned an interest in seeing Roma culture. The prof leading the trip (an American, mind you) called them the g-word and said they’re all thieves. When I brought it up to my other history professors, all Americans, they agreed.

The foundations are rotten. The body of “experts” is intentionally stacked to control the narrative. If you somehow get into a level of status and respect in the humanities, it will be through omission or deception. And if you ever speak against the narrative in regards to communism, you will be destroyed. Want to humanize Nazis or explain away responsibility for their actions? You’re free to do that. Want to point out the inconsistency of anticommunist fables? You won’t even be allowed to operate on the fringes. Even climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers will have more status than you.

I wish I had any helpful advice.