@hohoho to Lefty [email protected]English • 2 days agoNo mercy for fascismimagemessage-square28arrow-up1627arrow-down13cross-posted to: politicalmemes
arrow-up1624arrow-down1imageNo mercy for fascism@hohoho to Lefty [email protected]English • 2 days agomessage-square28cross-posted to: politicalmemes
minus-square@SassyRamenlinkEnglish21•2 days agoWhat’s the origins of this poster? It’s exactly what we need in this world right now.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•edit-22 days agoI did some sleuthing. It has been adapted from a poster about fighting against tuberculosis. https://www.loc.gov/item/99613643/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_strangling_of_a_poisonous_snake,_representing_the_crushi_Wellcome_L0029946.jpg
minus-squareNougatlinkfedilink8•2 days agoBased on the existence of the swastika, I’m going to say some time in the early 1940s.
minus-square@thedirtyknapkinlinkEnglish8•2 days agothere’s a “16” under the signature. that’s typically a date signifier. I’m gonna guess this is modern from 2016.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 days agoFrom another reply it seems it’s a modification of a poster from 1918, so in the original under the signature is actually an 18.
minus-square@thedirtyknapkinlinkEnglish1•edit-22 days agointeresting, i figured it couldn’t be 1918 because the swastika wasn’t associated with facism yet, but the swastika was just added later i guess.
What’s the origins of this poster? It’s exactly what we need in this world right now.
I did some sleuthing. It has been adapted from a poster about fighting against tuberculosis.
https://www.loc.gov/item/99613643/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_strangling_of_a_poisonous_snake,_representing_the_crushi_Wellcome_L0029946.jpg
Based on the existence of the swastika, I’m going to say some time in the early 1940s.
there’s a “16” under the signature. that’s typically a date signifier. I’m gonna guess this is modern from 2016.
From another reply it seems it’s a modification of a poster from 1918, so in the original under the signature is actually an 18.
interesting, i figured it couldn’t be 1918 because the swastika wasn’t associated with facism yet, but the swastika was just added later i guess.