My closest guess is that it's a tankie viewpoint. But I think the real answer is that it was just made as a joke. The gay/trans flags being on opposite sides and the UK being on both sides seems pretty on the nose.
Jesus and Satan are natural enemies, like trangender and British people, or Californians and British people, or British people and other British people. Damn Brits! They ruined Britain!
This overall picture is def deliberate trolling, but there's a concerning amount of LGBTQ+ who would be willing to throw their trans siblings under the bus, and have even proposed removing T from LGBT. So like very much possible.
Usually the play on these is to pick the opposite side to Israel but this one's tough bc Israel's on both sides.
I'm picking the left side bc China had brain-meltingly bad foreign policy during this era and there's also Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa on the right.
Across history, it's probably had enough time to be on both sides of most conflicts at one time or another. As well as arming both sides, and drawing the lines on the maps that created a few of the problems.
Also Mississippi. Honestly I expected to see both Mississippi flags on there when I noticed the one (they recently changed from having the confederate flag on theirs to one with a flower they're particularly fond of)
Usually id agree but this is clearly chaotic for the sake of being chaotic. Even if nothing else gave it away, Israel and Palestine are on the same side.
Edit: also, a tankie would've never put south Korea on the 'good' side.
Also going to point out that the flag of the Vatican or Papal States is on its just that it blends in with the white of Jesus's clothes. Also I just noticed what I think is the aboriginal Australian flag. Pretty sure this is just a shit post meme meant to confuse folks who are into vexillology.
So basically, everyone allied with China/Russia (the usual dictators, and shitty ideologies, along with a few unfortunate victims such as palestine), vs all th- nwm, it puts trans vs gay. This makes no fucking sense.
EDIT: The only pattern I notice is that the left side is all "vanilla" and "boring", while the right is cray cray.
I cannot fucking decipher what the stance behind it could be
Maybe that's the message. It's impossible to tell which is the good side. What has precedence, the flags or the image?
Overall, the left side could be the countries that are controlled by the US, which includes Cuba because of the embargo. LGBTQ is on that side because the logo was abused by the corporations whereas trans is alien to the US establishment.
This reflects many lemmy users yes it is quite accurate in that sense... It has to be made by a lemmy-typical type intelligence It's kinda shocking as a kinda new lemmy user you aren't just drawing your own version. I think you aren't implying shit is more complex then black and white, I think you are implying the binary map was drawn wrong.
My closest guess is that it's a tankie viewpoint. But I think the real answer is that it was just made as a joke. The gay/trans flags being on opposite sides and the UK being on both sides seems pretty on the nose.
That’s my guess as well, but I feel too many flags on the right don’t match the core tankie bs. Biden ? Vatican ?
Putting Cuba and Venezuela opposed to China tells us its not a ml perspective.
UK on both sides, US and Israel opposite (???)
UK fighting against a situation it created seems honestly correct
Chaos is a ladder
There are quite a lot of gay people who are anti trans.
Which is incomprehensible to me, but it is a thing.
Which is funny, because basically all the cis lesbians I know irl are pretty staunchly against terfs.
Colloquially known as "pick me gays"
Tbh the idea of tankies idolising freedom and Jesus seems pretty wild.
Like I said, I don't think that's the real answer, I think it was made as a joke.
I'm also not really passing judgement on tankies by saying that, it's just the closest match I can make between that meme and a coherent ideology.
I don't see much point of beefing with tankies in general.
The UK playing both sides. Nice 👍
Yet somehow never comes out on top.
And increasingly no-one wants us to bottom either
I'm normally a bottom, but I'll top a scot. I gotta know if they moan in an accent
Spoiler alert: they really do.
Honestly, you have no idea how turned on I would be
...except for those 200 years or so...
Tends to hover around 5-7th out of ~200.
You can thank the Scotts for that
All I could gather is North Korean Jesus loves transgender people
Unless they're also gay
Or wrong British.
Ugh. The wrong British are the worst
Jesus and Satan are natural enemies, like trangender and British people, or Californians and British people, or British people and other British people. Damn Brits! They ruined Britain!
lmao
Hey! Hey! Stop fuckin around with Korean Jesus. He busy. With Korean shit.
Israel and Palestine on the same side
LGBT and trans flags on opposing sides, this must be deliberate trolling
This overall picture is def deliberate trolling, but there's a concerning amount of LGBTQ+ who would be willing to throw their trans siblings under the bus, and have even proposed removing T from LGBT. So like very much possible.
This is what happens when you abandon humanism and instead focus only on the rights of whatever clique you happen to belong to in particular.
On the side of Jesus.
Is that the Marlboro logo?
It's a proud nation.
And the Olympic games lol
reminds me of this
Usually the play on these is to pick the opposite side to Israel but this one's tough bc Israel's on both sides.
I'm picking the left side bc China had brain-meltingly bad foreign policy during this era and there's also Rhodesia and apartheid South Africa on the right.
What war was that?
I guess the Nigerian civil war, but Wikipedia doesn't have that 'supported by' table
Right? I have to know what it means by "Vatican Ciry (Alleged)"
UK plays both sides.
Nah. England vs.
(Shirts n skins)
Son of a bitch, the Brits are spread betting
It's the only way we can be sure of losing
It's the British way
UK is both? Alright...
The UK:
I like how they worked in a Biden/Harris flag opposite the American flag
But the same side as the gadsden flag... Maybe someone's ideas of the horseshoe theory?
Across history, it's probably had enough time to be on both sides of most conflicts at one time or another. As well as arming both sides, and drawing the lines on the maps that created a few of the problems.
The sun never sets on the empire...
So is the us
This could easily be the allies of two of the 20 sides in the Libyan or Syrian civil wars.
I was going to point out that several flags are on both sides but then like yeah... fair point.
My rebel faction in the conflict was armed by both the Olympics committee and the Biden Harris campaign
Israel and palestine on the same side.
And north/south korea.
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork
I appreciate correct flag ratios :)
What is the correct flag ratio of the top center of a marlboro label?
Iran and Israel on the same side
2 eras of israel on opposing sides lol
North and South Korea as well
And Palestine
There is some secret organization power-struggle going on and this person knows much
Love the Easter egg of the Event Horizon version of the Australian flag.
The devil has the EU and Germany. According to my calculations, that makes two Germanys.
Jesus is fucked.
Big fan of how the U.S is bad, but
canadaCalifornia specifically is fine.US bad, California good. UK bad, UK also good. Biden good, also thin blue line and gadsden flag good. Isreal good, also Palestine good.
That's the New California Republic from Fallout. There are not enough pixels to prove me definitely wrong, therefore I believe this is true.
I wouldn't really say so.
Also Mississippi. Honestly I expected to see both Mississippi flags on there when I noticed the one (they recently changed from having the confederate flag on theirs to one with a flower they're particularly fond of)
A flower from a tree that just cums on everything and leaves stupid large leaves all over the place.
Fuckin gym class dodgeball lineup...
I'm sorry but stating China and Russia as freedom bastions is some tankie apologist bullshit.
Usually id agree but this is clearly chaotic for the sake of being chaotic. Even if nothing else gave it away, Israel and Palestine are on the same side.
Edit: also, a tankie would've never put south Korea on the 'good' side.
Somehow the UK is on both sides
Sure but I feel that is offset by the NATO/Ukraine flag, also the fuck is Mississippi doing there.
And Biden, which was definitely opposed by China and Russia if only because they explicitly endorsed Trump over the Ukraine and TikTok policies.
Also going to point out that the flag of the Vatican or Papal States is on its just that it blends in with the white of Jesus's clothes. Also I just noticed what I think is the aboriginal Australian flag. Pretty sure this is just a shit post meme meant to confuse folks who are into vexillology.
Dude you have up to soon. The fun is continuing down each side because the "team ups" are confusing
Apolitical ?? Try chaotic
So basically, everyone allied with China/Russia (the usual dictators, and shitty ideologies, along with a few unfortunate victims such as palestine), vs all th- nwm, it puts trans vs gay. This makes no fucking sense.
EDIT: The only pattern I notice is that the left side is all "vanilla" and "boring", while the right is cray cray.
this just in: lgbtq, japan, the united states, and olympics are vanilla and boring while palestine, switzerland, france, and biden are cray cray.
Lgbtq is boring. It's been around forever.
We need lgbtq 2.0
New Zealand's on the right. What did we do?
China's our biggest trade partner iirc. Maybe it's about that
Damn. Shitposting has reached a new epoch.
Maybe that's the message. It's impossible to tell which is the good side. What has precedence, the flags or the image?
Overall, the left side could be the countries that are controlled by the US, which includes Cuba because of the embargo. LGBTQ is on that side because the logo was abused by the corporations whereas trans is alien to the US establishment.
pretty sure this is a parody
This is easy. US and EU and Ukraine and Taiwan on Satan's side. UK playing both sides. France, DPRK, ROK, Palestine, Israel all on Jesus side.
Answer is choose China. From Brother where are't thou... They are the only ones remaining unaffiliated.
Ugh why is the state of Mississippi on the Jesus side?
And also the blue lives matter crew.
the more you look at it the weirder it gets
The fact that it’s Jesus ensures it’s not neutral.
Also, given how white Jesus is, it hints at a certain direction.
Is there an upper limit to how white they can male Jesus?
Wow, Mexico is on the evil side? I thought they were neutral always.
Except on slavery. Outlawed that shit early, much to the US' bemusement.
This reflects many lemmy users yes it is quite accurate in that sense... It has to be made by a lemmy-typical type intelligence It's kinda shocking as a kinda new lemmy user you aren't just drawing your own version. I think you aren't implying shit is more complex then black and white, I think you are implying the binary map was drawn wrong.