Political Meme Thread 21.9.5 Endwalker

@Bickendan

Fuck Leopold II.

It's only "free stuff" from the "US Government" (as per the picture) if the federal government pays for it, yes.

Fifty little fiefdoms...

"States". They're called "States", Ma'am.

And the Republic of North Korea calls itself a republic.

If they had, the very next day, Handmaids would have been legislated into existence.
By executive order, of course.

Prefaced with "Absolute" in many cases.

People’s Democratic Republic, actually.

Does the Republic of North Korea act like a Republic?

Pretty sure our "States" act like "States", that's why they're called "States".

*sigh*

We can only dream.

Pretty sure the United States currently fails the definition, by that standard.

The Commonwealths of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia disagree!

Also, the California Republic!

Yikes!!! No wonder they're fleeing California.

Whoa! Is that Yankee dollars or Zimbabwe money?

Well, in a manner of speaking.

There are very few dictatorships anymore that actually say "this is a dictatorship and I'm the dictator, so fuck you." Nearly all of them wrap themselves in the cloak of republicanism and go through the motions of elections, representation, etc., even when -- as in North Korea's case -- only one candidate is allowed per office and there are severe consequences for doing anything other than showing up at the polls and checking the boxes next to the pre-approved names.

I'll take "things that didn't happen" for $100, Alex.