Lusotropicalism vs Wasian Gattaca

Text on the meme

MAIN IDEOLOGIES OF THE 22ND CENTURY COLD WAR LUSOTROPICALISM GATTACA BUT WASIAN BRASIL BRASIL

What it means

A collage contrasts two imagined ideologies of a future Cold War: lusotropicalism, represented through Portuguese-Brazilian cultural imagery and racial mixing, and “Gattaca but Wasian,” represented through DNA imagery, East Asian and white people, genetic selection, and futuristic wealth. The joke treats demographic and genetic aesthetics as rival geopolitical systems. EN: A collage contrasts two imagined ideologies of a future Cold War: lusotropicalism, represented through Portuguese-Brazilian cultural imagery and racial mixing, and “Gattaca but Wasian,” represented through DNA imagery, East Asian and white people, genetic selection, and futuristic wealth. The joke treats demographic and genetic aesthetics as rival geopolitical systems.

Objects

man in ornate military uniform / мужчина в парадной военной форме woman in Brazil shirt / женщина в футболке Бразилии woman in denim shorts / женщина в джинсовых шортах swimmer / пловец curly-haired woman / кудрявая женщина woman in silver outfit / женщина в серебристом наряде tropical city skyline / тропический городской пейзаж palm trees / пальмы plastic chairs / пластиковые стулья woman in green Brazil shirt / женщина в зелёной футболке Бразилии woman in red jacket / женщина в красной куртке DNA double helix / двойная спираль ДНК Asian male doctor / азиатский мужчина-врач white woman / белая женщина Asian woman / азиатская женщина portrait of Asian man / портрет азиатского мужчины woman in black bodysuit / женщина в чёрном боди woman in gold dress / женщина в золотом платье futuristic city at night / футуристический ночной город laboratory interior / интерьер лаборатории genetic engineering / генетическая инженерия