Litwin
Diamond Member
This isn't a funeral it's taxidermy
. Ironically, the embalming of communist DESPOTS mirrors the imperialist traditions they claimed to oppose. The grand mausoleums, the ceremonial reverence, and the state-sponsored pilgrimages evoke the aesthetics of empire—pharaohs, emperors, and divine kings. These regimes, while denouncing "Western imperialism", adopted jihadi - imperialism AND its visual language to assert their own legitimacy FROM DAY ONE. Lenin’s tomb in Red Square, for instance, functions not just as a memorial but as a symbol of ideological and territorial conquest, projecting the permanence of Bolshevik, imperialistic jihad across the globe
. Ironically, the embalming of communist DESPOTS mirrors the imperialist traditions they claimed to oppose. The grand mausoleums, the ceremonial reverence, and the state-sponsored pilgrimages evoke the aesthetics of empire—pharaohs, emperors, and divine kings. These regimes, while denouncing "Western imperialism", adopted jihadi - imperialism AND its visual language to assert their own legitimacy FROM DAY ONE. Lenin’s tomb in Red Square, for instance, functions not just as a memorial but as a symbol of ideological and territorial conquest, projecting the permanence of Bolshevik, imperialistic jihad across the globe
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