Conquer Ethiopia and Make Them European

Text on the meme

"We mvst conquer Ethiopia and make them Europan!" "Errrm what the flip? That's so uncool dude, you're basically doing colonialism. Imma send unlimited aid to Ethiopia cuz Black Lives Matter and stuff"

What it means

The meme contrasts a fascist leader advocating the conquest and Europeanization of Ethiopia with a modern-sounding speaker objecting to colonialism while claiming to support Ethiopia through unlimited aid. The punchline is the absurd juxtaposition of fascist imperialism with performative contemporary activist language, using historical figures as a reaction image. EN: The meme contrasts a fascist leader advocating the conquest and Europeanization of Ethiopia with a modern-sounding speaker objecting to colonialism while claiming to support Ethiopia through unlimited aid. The punchline is the absurd juxtaposition of fascist imperialism with performative contemporary activist language, using historical figures as a reaction image.

Who

Benito Mussolini (Бенито Муссолини)Adolf Hitler (Адольф Гитлер)

Objects

two men / два мужчины military uniform / военная форма black shirt / чёрная рубашка shorts / короткие брюки knee socks / гольфы trees / деревья forest / лес chair / стул raised fist / поднятый кулак black-and-white photographs / чёрно-белые фотографии text captions / текстовые подписи