Welcome to the WEST where EVERYTHING is a PSYOP
Happy burning your eyeballs lol.
This started off as me trying to spend 15 minutes making a meme to complement some other meme and it turned into a 4 hour agitprop project lol.
Just to acknowledge, I have some controversial things such as the New Pride Flag in the collage of “EVERYTHING” or Neo-Wokeism in the background text, etc. etc. I hope this doesn’t read as any sort of cosign of bigotry or dismissal of intersectional issues, I would like to think we all know the type of shit I’m criticizing here. I’ve always seen the New Pride Flag as a symbol of capital co-opting the queer movement, the flag itself was never not a massive consumerist virtue signal that did nothing to help trans people, it was designed IMO to be a part of the Compatible Left. I understand that nuance will get lost in translation and some fascist conspiracy theorist might go “uhuhuhu based” if they saw the rainbow under a negative connotation, and share, not seeing the anti-fascist dogwhistles throughout, which is actually an ideal scenario, I hope the politically confused anti-elite brain-boiled conspiracy theorist / populists miss such things and accidentally share pro-communist anti-West propaganda. Blah blah blah pragmatism. I understand and respect if any comrades don’t approve though.
Anyways, if you like, feel free to steal and share!! 💜💜💜
If your agit-prop can be easily confused with fascist propaganda, and the intent is for it to be shared and spread by crypto-fascist weirdos unaware of your original intent, it’s not good agit-prop.
On an unrelated note, it still wouldn’t be good anyway, because it’s basically unreadable. I couldn’t figure out what it said until I read the description. If you want something that is accessible to the masses, it needs to be easily readable and convey its message in an easily comprehensible manner.
Crypto fascists twist a lot of ML used words and notions. It does not mean MLs throw everything out of the window, the moment those cultural leeches touch anything.
The readability thing is definitely true (I made an amended version where the “EVERYTHING” has somewhat more legible outlines). I definitely would like to find a balance between artistic craziness and full accessibility.
As far as the first critique: but what if said fascists/proto fascists/etc. share and unwittingly are exposing themselves and their web to something that may lead them out of their propaganda? I don’t know, what if someone notices something like QAnon or the Blue Line Flag or race realism etc. and has some sort of thought process like: “Pfft, well, how are THOSE things I love psyops?? No they’re not…well, I definitely still relate to the meme in general…” and maybe that can manifest in a week or a month or a year as a positive change.
That’s just how I figure it in my head. Maybe this meme doesn’t hit the nail on the head, but my DREAM agitprop would be making stuff that normies, non communists, liberals conservatives fascists anarchists etc. etc., would all look at and think “hey, this is a meme for me,” share it, and slowly introduce them and their web to ideas that soften them up to their eventual radicalization. Ideally that is my goal. I will take into account your criticisms (and other criticisms I read elsewhere) when/if I make another piece!