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"It’s that these pictures, released by the Department of Labor social-media accounts and bearing the department’s seal, are uncomfortably reminiscent of posters from the 1930s. To be more specific: the ‘Heroic Realism’ of Nazi propaganda posters and the similarly stylized patriotic posters later produced in the United States.

Why is this style being used now, and what are these images for?"

#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 18 hours ago

"Only a few of the images explicitly say. But their purpose is explained in the accompanying captions: They’re promoting the department’s work on Project Firewall, meant to restore 'pathways to the American Dream by ensuring American Jobs go to American Workers.'"

#Trump #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #DepartmentofLabor #race #gender #workers #Nazi #SocialMedia
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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 18 hours ago

"The very AI tools that are adding to today’s employment problems are being used by the Trump administration to chip away at reality, one white-supremacy meme and one fascistic propaganda video at a time."

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William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 12 hours ago

"In a variety of ways, the Trump administration and the movement the president leads have become explicitly white supremacist, as much as is possible without saying the word 'white.' They may still be workshopping the language they use, but the message is clear:"

~ Paul Waldman

#Trump #JDVance #WhiteSupremacy
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https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/shock-and-awe-the-white-supremacy

Shock and Awe, the White Supremacy Version

The Trump administration wants to roll back the clock to before the civil rights movement.

William Lindsey :toad:

@wdlindsy@toad.social replied · 12 hours ago

"America, in their view, ought to be a country of, by, and for white people. In the service of that goal, they are essentially trying to turn back the clock — both legally and culturally — to before the civil rights movement."

Waldman shares some social media postings from Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor (below).

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An October posting from DHS showing the "real" American worker as white, male, and blond

A DHS posting from October featuring an Andy Thomas painting showing the ideal America as white boys playing football next to a rural wooden house

A social medial posting from DHS in July featuring an1872 painting of John Gast portraying westward expansion, with an angelic fair-skinned white woman drifting over the landscape as white settlers drive buffalo and Native Americans before them

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