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mk  ·  4941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Color WWII photos: Nazi Germany
>(This scene is pretty much a direct German nationalist rebuttal to International Socialism. Note that the symbols used are identical to the internationalist variant. Beyond that, its the same story of glorifying digging in the masters' plantation and worker ants marching from point A to point B under the watch of soldier ants ;)

I've been absorbing modern Chinese history lately, and it's funny how I quickly I associated that with the propaganda of Chinese communism. I forgot that I was watching something 'different'. Chinese propaganda was definitely less homo-erotic, however. Lot's of tough working women, front and center.

I recently walked into a old commune gathering hall outside of Hangzhou, re-purposed as an art gallery. A great Mao was painted over the stage, slowly peeling away.