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Originally posted by downbywednesday
KZ3 used Nazi imagery, yes, but not to say, "Wow, look at how badass the Nazis were! Let's compare ourselves to them." It ultimately denounced the regime it presented.
Mao Zedong killed even more people than Hitler, so even if we say you're right and it's based more on the communist party of China, it's still offensive to everyone who died and is still oppressed to make this dictatorship look badass.
And, regardless, the black uniforms with red bands + gas masks are specific references to Nazism, whether you can figure that out or not
I mean, that's the exact look they wear during Nicki's verse
The most troubling thing is here that some people aren't blind about your fave and not the stans outright defending the use of Nazi imagery? jfc |
Your intent is to say that she was comparing herself, however you don't know if that is the true intent nor what she was looking to portray. Given none of the actual symbols were used, then this is irrelevant.
There is a bigger picture here, and you're missing it by being offended by nothing that is directly connecting her images to the same ideology of Hitler's other than similarity.
The image of Mao was posted to inform others that there are other military parades other than Nazi parades and that it isn't just a Nazi thing, and that the goal of the video was to portray dictatorship.
