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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down3·edit-21 month agoThe fascist thing on the bullets is a direct reference to Helldivers 2 which is a canonically Starship Troopers (the movie) style universe where the fascists who run Super Earth refer to themselves as a democracy while calling their enemies fascist. This one could go either way, honestly.
minus-squareWolfLink@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 month agoHelldivers 2 is an anti-fascist game, but because you play as the baddies, not everyone has the media literacy to understand that.
minus-squareGongFuFlashSteep@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 month agoHe had Bella Ciao on one casing. That’s an antifascist anthem.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoThere is also some evidence that Bella Ciao was being used as an inside joke style meme by the Nick Fuentes-related groypers. Once again, inconclusive.
minus-squarekaty ✨@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agosomeone on bsky also posted that it’s on the groyper playlist https://bsky.app/profile/theserfstv.bsky.social/post/3lynsmks5pk2r
minus-squaresocsa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 month agoIt’s a HOI4 meme. Just like the Helldivers reference, it’s just terminally online gamer shit.
minus-squarestray@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoI think its origins probably matter less than it being the La Casa de Papel song. Like how Guy Fawkes is a really cool anti-establishment hero.
The fascist thing on the bullets is a direct reference to Helldivers 2 which is a canonically Starship Troopers (the movie) style universe where the fascists who run Super Earth refer to themselves as a democracy while calling their enemies fascist.
This one could go either way, honestly.
Helldivers 2 is an anti-fascist game, but because you play as the baddies, not everyone has the media literacy to understand that.
He had Bella Ciao on one casing. That’s an antifascist anthem.
There is also some evidence that Bella Ciao was being used as an inside joke style meme by the Nick Fuentes-related groypers.
Once again, inconclusive.
someone on bsky also posted that it’s on the groyper playlist
https://bsky.app/profile/theserfstv.bsky.social/post/3lynsmks5pk2r
It’s a HOI4 meme. Just like the Helldivers reference, it’s just terminally online gamer shit.
I think its origins probably matter less than it being the La Casa de Papel song. Like how Guy Fawkes is a really cool anti-establishment hero.