One might have guessed that an aspiring American dictator would need to lock in the substance of authoritarian rule while being very careful to avoid the appearance of it. Kind of fascinating that we got the opposite
@jamellebouie.neti find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.