Spyke
lemmy.world

How the Saddam Hussein figure remained in the world’s collective consciousness for over 20 years is nothing short of amazing to me.

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rumbareply
lemmy.zip

The US making a big deal out of him, and then broadcasting when they killed him was big.

He's tied closely (even post-mortem) to the US military-industrial complex and the questionable yet not completely discountable propaganda about him.

Southpark put him in a Popular TV show in their heyday and put him in movies.

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Studying the 21st century will require being able to decipher memes, just like you need to know hieroglyphs to study ancient Egypt.

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