The borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religion
The borderline literal deification of slave owning planters is the silliest part of the American Civil Religion
Hey look, it's George Washington but with the body of fucking Zeus
isn't even that absurd tbh
This looks like one of the statues from Bioshock Infinite...
They only dialed it up like 10% for that game. Not a lot of exaggeration was necessary.
I was trying to explain this to a European and they really just were not getting it. "All countries have nationalism!" "all countries have exceptionalism!" : (
"No, like the American stuff makes Italian fascist art look tasteful."
To be fair many Europeans do think Italian fascist art look tasteful.
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM IS THE BEST is a tough sell, yeah
"The world spanning genocidal nuclear empire's high self confidence has some distinctive features that distinguish it from, like, idfk, greece"
Same dude who made this mess also made this CW: Extremely Racist thing
ground into dust, and scattered to the four winds, that no more remembrance may be perpetuated of our barbaric past
this goes kinda hard
Oh look it's White Man's Burden: The Statue
In 1976, a crane accidentally dropped The Rescue while moving it to a new Smithsonian storage area in Maryland, thus reducing it to several fragments.
accidentally
fucked up content aside the white savior appears to be wearing a burger as a hat? what the fuck did those even exist yet
I like the dog in the corner doing pogface
I like how the dog is one of the last parts left lol
CW: racism
spoiler
Greenough wrote that The Rescue was meant to "commemorate the dangers & difficulty of peopling our continent, and which shall also serve as a memorial of the Indian race", but also "to convey the idea of the triumph of the whites over the savage tribes"
American whites on the North American frontier in the 19th century were every bit as evil and deranged and Israeli settlers in the West Bank are today.
There’s also The Apotheosis of Washington
Terrifying. "We believe in the sanctity of the bible and its influence on the founding of our nation" but also "Yeah, George Washington is on the same level as God."
"I heard you are a christian nation, so let's talk about the ten commandments, starting with the first"10 commandments later:
The Sistine Capitol
I don't know why, but Athena chilling with Ben Franklin is the funniest shit
She slaps him after he tries to come on to her by showing off his beaver hat.
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ah yeah, i've seen that statue in person. it's even creepier IRL
The deification of Washington and Jefferson in the US via statues and namings of roads, schools, parks, etc far exceeds the total amount of public respect (via statues, murals, etc) given to the Kim family in the DPRK.
At least communist founders are portrayed as human lol
Absolutely massive feet, like a kangaroo
The cloth is over him to cover up the pouch
borderline??????????
No way that piece of shit didn't have a gut.
100%. Dude lost all his teeth from eating sugary treats
He ate so many treats he lost other people's teeth. That is over 100% my man looking at a dental destruction rate of over 200%
You know how some people have punch-able faces?
Well some statues have sledge-able everythings.
I've been online since 1995 and this is the worst art I've ever seen.
Tacky and labor intensive!
This is the most early 19th century Federalist fancy lad bullshit I've ever seen
To be fair the Greek and or Roman gods were pro slavery so this tracks
Romans at least knew how to not give away their foot kink smh
all i see is that anthropomorphic goat with breasts, that which points both upwards and downwards
You mean Baphomet, lol?