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Another propaganda piece is an artwork created by Herbert Smagon in 1989 titled “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” and it portrays the drastic difference between West and East Germany. Smagon’s controversial work solidifies the piece as propaganda; His service in World War Two had a huge influence on his art, which revolved around Nazi soldiers and graphic war scenes. The piece shows the oppression those in the communist country endured and how the destruction of the wall will bring them back into the light of freedom.
Imagine not only thinking but unironically painting this piece and thinking it portrayed Western Germany as a good place.
CW: Discussion of CSA depicted as anti-communist propaganda by the artist responsible for this painting
This is almost certainly, like this must be anti-fascist satire. Look at the elements
Disney, an American cultural imperialist icon
Coca-cola, natch
Pornography
prostitution
consumerism
gin, the most wretched of all alcoholic beverages
Bananas that were overwhelmingly associated with communist oppression for reasons
Axel Springer is a media company that publishes the tabloid rag "Bild". Notably the elder Springer divorced his wife, who was Jewish per the Nuremberg laws, so he could continue working as a Nazi publisher. Some small amount of credit, he apparently did support his wife in some way or another and she did survive the camps. Like every other German who survived the war he was simply helpless to resist the Nazis, he's very sorry, he had no choice, and please ignore that he was a member of a Nazi paramilitary organization. The Red Army Faction bombed the Axel Springer offices in the 70s and the rag is right wing to it's core.
But then on the other hand the tombstones at the bottom are people who were killed crossing the wall, so who knows?
Welp, I looked the guy up. CW applies here -
spoiler
He's famous for drawing pictures of Red Army soldiers gleefully sexually assaulting and murdering blond haired blue eyed German children.I have no fucking idea what is going on with this picture. I assume, in light of his politics, this is some kind of "Both sides are bad" fascist wank about a "D*" Western Germany and a lifeless oppressed Eastern Germany.
Maybe it's "The East Germans thought we were going to rescue them in to a good pure fascist Aryan society but actually we've been overwhelmed by "D*" so West Germany is actually bad"?
Fuck idk who can understand what Fascists think they're doing.
finally, somebody willing to say it
What, Aviations are great!
Gin specifically has a long and torrid history as the Drink That Brings Men Low, with propaganda pieces about the dangers of gin specifically, not alcohol generally. The UK Gin Craze was a full blown moral panic
I thought it was totally classy! Heard the places where you can drink it were called palaces!
they are... gin by itself just tastes like plant water though
Gin should never be consumed straight. I love gin but that is not the way.
thats the crème de violette talking
I must ask you to reconsider your stance on gin
Only reason he's correct about gin is that he's clearly never had 99 Bananas.
If you think 99 Bananas is bad, you should try the other 99-branded liquors.
New Amsterdam is my goto cheap gin
Dionysus asked me the same once. Out of an abundance of piety I agreed. Never again.
Onlt thing I disagree with is that gin is the only good liquor.
Wait a god damn minute, a Tom Collins is delightful
Lol doc venture ass drink
Maybe if you swap your maraschino cherry for a dash of ketchup
Those two prostitutes in the image are likely sex trafficked from eastern europe, part of the massive human rights violation that was the neoliberal plundering of former ussr republics by the west.