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Another propaganda piece is an artwork created by Herbert Smagon in 1989 titled “The Fall of the Berlin Wall” and it portrays the drastic difference between West and East Germany. Smagon’s controversial work solidifies the piece as propaganda; His service in World War Two had a huge influence on his art, which revolved around Nazi soldiers and graphic war scenes. The piece shows the oppression those in the communist country endured and how the destruction of the wall will bring them back into the light of freedom.

https://medium.com/@catiecooper1414/why-propaganda-changed-how-we-viewed-the-berlin-wall-65be231ce6b5

Imagine not only thinking but unironically painting this piece and thinking it portrayed Western Germany as a good place.

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

gin, the most wretched of all alcoholic beverages

finally, somebody willing to say it

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] fox@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Gin specifically has a long and torrid history as the Drink That Brings Men Low, with propaganda pieces about the dangers of gin specifically, not alcohol generally. The UK Gin Craze was a full blown moral panic

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I thought it was totally classy! Heard the places where you can drink it were called palaces!

[–] drhead@hexbear.net 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they are... gin by itself just tastes like plant water though

[–] Sulvor@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

Gin should never be consumed straight. I love gin but that is not the way.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

thats the crème de violette talking