Assassin of Shinzo Abe Agent

🚨 ALERT: 🚨 ASSASSIN OF SHINZO ABE REPORTEDLY AGENT OF COMMUNIST CHINA, JAPAN TO DECLARE WAR AND INVADE MANCHURIA

A black-and-white image of a muscular bearded man with his arms tied appears beneath a fake breaking-news headline claiming that Shinzo Abe’s assassin was a Chinese Communist agent and that Japan would declare war on and invade Manchuria. The joke uses an absurd alternate-history conspiracy to present an obviously fabricated geopolitical escalation with a serious news aesthetic, making it suitable as a reaction to chaotic or unbelievable news. EN: A black-and-white image of a muscular bearded man with his arms tied appears beneath a fake breaking-news headline claiming that Shinzo Abe’s assassin was a Chinese Communist agent and that Japan would declare war on and invade Manchuria. The joke uses an absurd alternate-history conspiracy to present an obviously fabricated geopolitical escalation with a serious news aesthetic, making it suitable as a reaction to chaotic or unbelievable news.

• @eternalclassic / 16003 2022-07-09