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[–] quokka1@mastodon.au 10 points 19 hours ago (3 children)
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

LOL. Clive saw Trump win and ordered his people to lean into identifying as closely with that as they can get away with legally. It’s like scammy electric-car startups a few years ago choosing names that sounded as reminiscent of Tesla as possible (Nikola, Faraday Future) without actually infringing on any trademarks.

The problem of that the plausibly-deniable reading of his new party name, with its Biblical-apocalyptic imagery and emphatic pledge-of-allegiance patriotism, comes across as exceedingly American, to the point where most undecided Australians would take one look and say “yeah, nah”.

[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] somedev@aussie.zone 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Absolutely. Some of those fucked-up stars look like maple or cannabis leaves 😆 It's not like Palmer couldn't have afforded an illustrator, either. Right-wing boomers just love AI garbage for some reason.

Oh, and as a bonus, the Latin is wrong 😆

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 10 hours ago

You can’t trust an illustrator, as most people who can draw are commies. Which is why AI exists: so right-wing people can get art made without paying some dirty hippie who believes in equality and human rights.

[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 5 points 17 hours ago

The Yellow Shit Stain party is trying to be Orange.