i do not condone any of the actions behavior or individuals portrayed in this meme in fact they all really suck

    • CatoblepasEnglish
      6·
      20 hours ago

      This is a painting from 1872 called American Progress. The giant woman in a toga is Columbia (note: not Colombia, the country), the popular personification of the United States at the time. She is bringing “civilization” to the west, book in hand, laying telegraph poles as she goes with settlers following behind her. Which also just happens to involve genociding Native Americans and buffalo, seen fleeing in the painting. It was a painting made to embody the idea of American expansionism and manifest destiny. If you’re ever in LA and have the opportunity to swing by the Autry Museum, it’s there and worth checking out (if only to see how surprisingly small it is).

      It looks like JD Vance’s face has been pasted on Columbia, I’m assuming because of the Panama and Greenland stuff.

      It’s actually Destiny (the YouTube streamer), oops!

      • spujb@lemmy.cafeOP
        8·
        20 hours ago

        super close! in thanks for your effort i will reward the thread with the rest. the face is that of Destiny, a debate streamer on Twitch who is pro-apartheid Israel lowkey and evil. so it’s a bit of a pun on his name and the title of the painting.

        • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
          6·
          19 hours ago

          Holy shit. I knew the painting was about manifest destiny. I knew that was the face of the streamer Destiny. I somehow completely missed the pun. I’m ashamed. I kept thinking there had to have been some sort of weird online drama I just hadn’t heard about. It’s a pun. I LOVE puns. My shame is immense.

        • CatoblepasEnglish
          5·
          20 hours ago

          Oh lmao, thank you but now I feel somewhat gratified to know that I don’t recognize Destiny 😂

          • mumblerfish@lemmy.world
            5·
            19 hours ago

            I don’t know why people call him left at all. He is very pro capitalism and somewhat progressive on some issues. He is a right wing liberal. He is also a selfdescribed islamophobe and expressed sympathy for Kyle Rittenhouse actions. He has debated nazis, which may make nazis call him left. But there are also clips of him being very chummy with Nick Fuentes.

          • Walk_blesseDEnglish
            1·
            17 hours ago

            Who tf are these people who called “The OmniLiberal” (his descriptor, not mine) far left?