• DarkDiamondK@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Okay am I dumb, or did I miss something. I’ve seen the race car guys around a bunch but I don’t get why they are here, please help

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        11 months ago

        Seems like a niche initiative to use right wing, working class idols to promote socialist ideals. My guess is the intent is the target market is more likely to read the meme and view it in a positive manner when paired with someone they respect instead of, say, Einstein or MLK Jr.

      • BingoBangoBongo@midwest.social
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        11 months ago

        Originated with a face book page “the ol’ ghost of dale earnhardt” supposedly. Some guy trying to turn dale into a progressive icon.

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      11 months ago

      I asked this a little while back (and posted this previously), so I’ll pass along the answer: because Nascar is typically not associated with these leftist political leanings, and by association of new ideas with familiar imagery you might gently help someone become more open to considering these notions in good faith instead of a knee jerk reaction against it.

      It’s honestly pretty clever, and if it helps these ideas find new homes in communities they weren’t always welcome in then I’d say it’s worth it.

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      11 months ago

      I think it’s the irony. A photo of a guy who drives around an oval for a living criticizing capitalism is an unusual choice.

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    11 months ago

    Nah man a couple springs and a crank and you got yourself a bonafide space rated head separation apparatus.

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    11 months ago

    I’m no fan of the French Revolution, which just opened things up for Emperor Napoleon to take the reins and conquer most of Europe, and even take a crack at fighting the Russian winter with a bunch of guys that didn’t deserve to freeze to death…

    But this one was pretty funny anyway. lol

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    11 months ago

    They’re so obsessed with buying up as much land as possible, I say we send them hurtling toward it from space, so they can become one with that which they love so much!

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Real talk, they know there’s enough mineral wealth in the asteroid belt that even some of it could make either A) everyone effectively rich or B) everyone a slave to their massive wealth forever. They’re voting with their rockets.

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        11 months ago

        That plus the land grab that always happens when a new unsettled area is colonized. Yeah the moon is a horrible place to live, but if you get a parcel of land for free, and a place to live safely there, I bet a lot of people would be tempted.

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      11 months ago

      Nah that’s too lofty for them, i think in a just world they would have to produce labor like the rest of us, death and space is too kind a fate. (Not that labor is bad, but they think its a fate worse than death)

  • MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    I mean, if they’re already going to space voluntarily, wouldn’t that solve the billionaire problem?

  • Brad Pitt
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    11 months ago

    Funny meme but reality is so different. Just post a pro biden or pro trump and you will have a very large discussion, when both of them are billionaires…

    Just a quick fact. Now go support another billionaire like zelensky or putin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😬🤣🤣🤣