#1933 and 2020

[thatmultifandomchick]

No greater hell than having your favorite book be public domain but most of the adaptations suck ass

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

If the tables were turned, if a Democratic president were ignoring the Supreme Court and disappearing right-wing activists, we would be in the middle of a civil war right now. There would have been zero hesitation from red states to formally unite and declare themselves the "legitimate" government (they wouldn't secede, they would say that the president and his enablers in Congress were rogue and lead an internal fight against them). World leaders would currently be taking sides, there would be a Wikipedia article about the constitutional crisis and competing claims to the presidency, competing claims to the nuclear chain of command, the joint chiefs would coup and march on the White House. But that's not where we're at, and we never will be. Blue states will never unite, they will never petition our allies for support against the regime, they will never openly rebel against the system; instead they will slowly fall to fascism, one by one, accepting the state of affairs and offering nominal opposition until they've been shut out completely. "We do not agree with what is happening, so you need to get out and vote to stop it! Oh, the fascists won the vote? They flipped the state houses and are enshrining their power forever? Well, maybe they'll let us try again in two years and you can vote even harder!"

[makeitquietly]

If the jig-saw craze is still hot in your territory...

[horrorvillaintourney]

Round 1A, Match 4: Jack Griffin (The Invisible Man) vs. Adrian Griffin (The Invisible Man [2020])

PROPAGANDA FOR JACK:

"A guy who realizes the horrifying potential of invisibility, and also just kinda f’s with people by being a pair of pants."

PROPAGANDA FOR ADRIAN:

"Creates an invisibility suit, and then uses it to gaslight his ex. He’s also an abusive asshole. I don’t like him. But he is a decent villain.…I hope someone beats him up."

[pyrotechnotomy]

just realized an hour after a conversation that i fumbled heavily and violently (a minor misunderstanding) and if i don't clarify this as soon as the topic becomes relevant again (ill make it relevant (there's no need to do that (the other guy has definitely stopped thinking about it))) ill have to kill myself (it doesn't actually affect me in any way)

[ladybugmania]

BE AWARE: HISTORY IS REPEATING ITSELF

Trump & Hitler Compared

Comparison 1: Nationalism and Scapegoating Minorities

Hitler (1930s Germany):

Hitler’s rhetoric emphasized an ethnically pure German identity and national rebirth, exploiting economic despair and cultural anxiety following WWI. He blamed Jews, communists, and other minority groups for Germany’s defeat and economic troubles. The Nuremberg Laws institutionalized racial discrimination, stripping Jews of their rights as citizens.

Trump and the GOP (2015–Present):

Trump has repeatedly used xenophobic and racially charged language, calling Mexican immigrants “rapists” and proposing a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the U.S. His administration instituted the Muslim ban, attempted to eliminate DACA, and enacted family separation at the border. Republican-backed state laws increasingly target immigrants and minority voters, using the guise of security or voter integrity, echoing exclusionary policies of the past.

Comparison 2: Undermining Democratic Institutions

Hitler:

After becoming Chancellor, Hitler manipulated the Reichstag Fire in 1933 to invoke emergency powers. The Enabling Act gave him the authority to legislate without parliamentary consent, effectively dismantling democracy. He repeatedly painted political opponents as traitors or enemies of the state.

Trump and the GOP:

After losing the 2020 election, Trump refused to concede, launched dozens of baseless legal challenges, and incited the January 6 insurrection—an unprecedented attack on the peaceful transfer of power. He and his allies have labeled political opponents as “deep state,” “communists,” or “enemies,” aiming to delegitimize dissent and create a hostile political climate. Many GOP figures continue to downplay or deny the events of January 6, paralleling historical patterns of rewriting or ignoring threats to democracy.

Comparison 3: Control of Media and Disinformation

Hitler:

Joseph Goebbels led the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda, controlling all media, art, and public messaging. The regime spread disinformation, suppressed dissenting voices, and crafted a narrative that glorified the regime while demonizing its enemies.

Trump and the GOP:

Trump labeled mainstream media “the enemy of the people,” a term used by authoritarian regimes to delegitimize journalism. He and GOP-aligned media outlets like Fox News, Newsmax, and OANN have been pivotal in spreading conspiracy theories (e.g., QAnon, election fraud), while vilifying fact-based reporting. This creates an alternate reality for supporters and undermines trust in factual information, similar to propaganda methods used by authoritarian regimes.

Comparison 4: Cult of Personality and Loyalty Above Law

Hitler:

The Nazi regime revolved around the Führerprinzip—absolute loyalty to Hitler. Personal loyalty to him was expected above all else, including law, ethics, or reason. Independent institutions were absorbed or dismantled.

Trump:

Trump demands personal loyalty from public officials, often attacking or firing those who disagree with him (e.g., FBI Director James Comey, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, or military leaders). Loyalty to Trump—not the Constitution or democratic norms—has become a defining feature of many in the GOP. Those who criticized his actions, including former allies, are frequently branded as traitors or RINOs (“Republicans In Name Only”).

Comparison 5: Militarization of Patriotism and Law Enforcement

Hitler:

The SA (Sturmabteilung) and later the SS were paramilitary forces used to intimidate opposition, enforce Nazi ideology, and maintain “order.” Hitler used them to blur the line between state power and partisan violence.

Trump and the GOP:

During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, Trump deployed federal agents (often unmarked) to suppress demonstrations, particularly in Portland, Oregon. He encouraged violent responses to protesters, infamously saying, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” Some extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and others that support Trump have acted as quasi-paramilitary forces—prominent among those who stormed the Capitol.

Conclusion:

While the U.S. remains a functioning democracy, the parallels between Hitler’s authoritarian rise and the tactics employed by Donald Trump and elements of the Republican Party are real and well-documented. They include:

Scapegoating and demonizing minorities

Discrediting democratic institutions

Spreading propaganda and disinformation

Fostering a cult of personality

Encouraging or ignoring political violence

These tactics, if unchecked, threaten the foundations of democratic society—just as they did in 1930s Germany. As history shows, democracies often crumble not from external attack, but from internal erosion.

Be Aware: History will repeat. This has happened in the past and it can happen again.

[jareckiworld]

Henryk Płóciennik (1933-2020) — Untitled (art is like a fingerprint) [oil on canvas, 1978]

[vamplire]

Notable Vampire Films of the 20th & 21st Century🩸

1910s:

Les Vampires (1915-1916)

1920s:

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire (1920)

Nosferatu (1922)

1930s:

Dracula (1931)

Vampyr (1932)

The Vampire Bat (1933)

Mark of the Vampire (1935)

Condemned to Live (1935)

Dracula’s Daughter (1936)

1940s:

Return of the Vampire (1943)

Son of Dracula (1943)

House of Dracula (1945)

The Vampire's Ghost (1945)

1950s:

Horror of Dracula (1958)

I Vampiri (1957)

The Vampire (1957)

Blood of Dracula (1957)

The Return of Dracula (1958)

Blood of the Vampire (1958)

1960s:

Blood and Roses (1960)

The Brides of Dracula (1960)

Slaughter of the Vampires (1962)

Castle of Blood (1964)

Blood Bath (1966)

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)

The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967)

A Taste of Blood (1967)

Le viol du vampire (1968)

Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969)

1970s:

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

The Velvet Vampire (1971)

Dark Shadows (1971)

The Shiver of the Vampires (1971)

The House That Dripped Blood (1971)

Daughters of Darkness (1971)

Requiem pour un vampire (1972)

Blacula (1972)

Dracula A.D. (1972)

Alucarda (1977)

Salem’s Lot (1979)

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)

1980s:

The Hunger (1983)

Fright Night (1985)

Near Dark (1987)

The Lost Boys (1987)

1990s:

Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Interview with the Vampire (1994)

Dracula: Dead and Loving it (1995)

Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)

From Dusk till Dawn (1996)

Two Orphan Vampires (1997)

Vampires (1998)

Blade (1998)

2000s:

Queen of the Damned (2002)

Underworld (2003)

Van Helsing (2004)

Let the Right One In (2008)

2010s:

Dark Shadows (2012)

Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Dracula Untold (2014)

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

What We Do In The Shadows (2014)

The Invitation (2019)

Carmilla (2019)

2020s:

Renfield (2023)

Nosferatu (2024)

Abigail (2024)

Sinners (2025)

[fromthedust]

Rodolfo Abularach (Guatemalan, 1933-2020)

City of the Eyes II - lithograph - 1966

[random-brushstrokes]

Rodolfo Abularach (Guatemalan, 1933-2020)

[incessantscreech2000]

Image transcriptions below:

Legendary South African Jewish Freedom Fighters

And Their Condemnation of Israel

Many people don't know that several of Nelson Mandela's closest and earliest comrades and co-conspirators were South African Jews.

These Jewish comrades and their work was pivotal to the defeat of South African apartheid, giving them a unique perspective on the state of Israel.

—

Joe Slovo (1926-1995) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist. In 1942, at age 16, Slovo volunteered to travel to Europe to fight the Nazis. Upon return, he studied alongside Nelson Mandela. He eventually was a founding member of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the paramilitary arm of the African National Congress.

Slovo was exiled to Mozambique by the apartheid government. Whilst there, his wife, legendary Jewish anti-apartheid activist Ruth First, was assassinated by a parcel bomb sent by the apartheid regime.

Working from abroad for the fall of apartheid, he eventually returned and became a Minister in Mandela's government. Throughout his life he remained a staunch critic of Israel.

—

"Ironically enough, the horrors of the Holocaust became the rationalization for the preparation by Zionists of acts of genocide against the indigenous people of Palestine. Those of us who, in the years that were to follow, raised our voices against the violent apartheid of the Israeli state were vilified by the Zionist press."

- Joe Slovo

—-

Denis Goldberg (1933-2020) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist. He spent 22 years in prison, mostly in solitary confinement, for his political activity alongside Mandela.

He was finally freed when his daughter, who lived in Israel, lobbied the Israeli government, which was closely allied to the apartheid regime, to release him. Due to his staunch opposition to Zionism, he refused to join her in Israel.

—

"The violence of the [South African] apartheid regime was nothing in comparison with the utter brutality of Israel's occupation of Palestine."

- Denis Goldberg

—

Beata Lipman (1928-2016) was a Jewish South African anti-apartheid activist. She drafted the original Freedom Charter in her own handwriting in 1952, which became the basis for the constitution of free South Africa after the fall of apartheid.

Lipman was a proud Jewish critic of Israel, penning many letters condeming Israel over its treatment of Palestinians.

—

"We who have fought against Apartheid and vowed not to allow it to happen again can not allow Israel to continue perpetrating apartheid, colonialism and occupation against the indigenous people of Palestine. We dare not allow Israel to continue violating international law with impunity. Apartheid was a gross violation of human rights. It was so in South Africa and it is so with regard to Israel's persecution of the Palestinians!"

- Beata Lipman in joint letter

—

Ronnie Kasrils is a Jewish South African who was also a founding member and Chief of Intelligence for uMkhonto we Sizwe.

In 1992, Kasrils led an unarmed protest when the apartheid government opened fire, killing 28 of his comrades and injuring over 200 others. He went on to serve in various Ministerial roles after the defeat of apartheid.

In 2001, Kasrils was co-author of the

*Declaration of Conscience by South Africans of Jewish Descent, which calls Israel a colonial apartheid-state. He has drawn criticism for stating that Israel has behaved like the Nazis.

—

"We recognise the operation today by the Palestinian resistance in Gaza as a legitimate expression of their right to resist. We support all efforts of oppressed people to liberate themselves from their oppressors in the same way we did in our liberation struggle.

We are saddened by all violence but Israeli Jews will not realise peace until they accept a future where they will live with Palestinians as citizens in a single, democratic Palestinian state, with Palestinians being compensated for seven decades of colonisation, occupation and apartheid."

- Ronnie Kasrils, 7th October 2023

[lets-steal-an-archive]

The screenplays (so far):

Frankenstein (1931)

The Invisible Man (1933)

Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Rebecca (1940)

The Maltese Falcon (1940)

Laura (1944)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

Rope (1948)

All About Eve (1950)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Strangers on a Train (1951)

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Calamity Jane (1953)

Johnny Guitar (1954)

Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

North by Northwest (1959)

Some Like it Hot (1959)

The Haunting (1963)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

The Boys in the Band (1970)

The Vampire Lovers (1970)

Harold and Maude (1971)

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)

Cabaret (1972)

Pink Flamingos (1972)

Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

American Gigolo (1980)

Cruising (1980)

Personal Best (1982)

The Hunger (1983)

Silkwood (1983)

The Color Purple (1983)

Lianna (1983)

A Chorus Line (1985)

Desert Hearts (1985)

Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)

My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

The Fly (1986)

Mala Noche (1986)

Hairspray (1988)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

A League of Their Own (1992)

The Living End (1992)

M. Butterfly (1993)

Go Fish (1994)

Boys on the Side (1995)

Heavenly Creatures (1995)

The Doom Generation (1995)

Safe (1995)

Showgirls (1995)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

The Birdcage (1996)

Bound (1996)

Crash (1996)

Set it Off (1996)

The Watermelon Woman (1996)

In & Out (1997)

Nowhere (1997)

Gia (1998)

Gods and Monsters (1998)

Wild Things (1998)

Being John Malkovich (1999)

But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)

The Matrix (1999)

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Billy Elliot (2000)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Y tu Mamá También (2001)

Far From Heaven (2002)

The Hours (2002)

Brother to Brother (2004)

D.E.B.S. (2004)

Mysterious Skin (2004)

Rent (2005)

V for Vendetta (2005)

Across the Universe (2007)

Milk (2008)

I Love You Phillip Morris (2009)

Jennifer's Body (2009)

A Single Man (2009)

Beginners (2010)

Black Swan (2010)

The Kids are All Right (2010)

The Runaways (2010)

Pariah (2011)

Under the Skin (2013)

Pride (2014)

Bessie (2015)

Carol (2015)

Dope (2015)

Grandma (2015)

Tangerine (2015)

Moonlight (2016)

A Fantastic Woman [Una Mujer Fantástica] (2017)

Blockers (2018)

Disobedience (2018)

The Favourite (2018)

Love, Simon (2018)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

A Simple Favor (2018)

Booksmart (2019)

Happiest Season (2020)

The Half of It (2020)

Kajillionaire (2020)

I Carry You With Me [Te Llevo Conmigo] (2020)

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

The Old Guard (2020)

The Prom (2020)

Zola (2020)

The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

Parallel Mothers (2021)

Passing (2021)

The Power of the Dog (2021)

Aftersun (2022)

Anything's Possible (2022)

Blue Jean (2022)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Bros (2022)

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Nope (2022)

Rustin (2022)

TÁR (2022)

All of Us Strangers (2023)

Bottoms (2023)

The Color Purple (2023)

Nimona (2023)

Red, White, & Royal Blue (2023)

Challengers (2024)

Drive Away Dolls (2024)

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

My Old Ass (2024)

Queer (2024)

[thunderstruck9]

Nasrollah Afjehei (Iranian, 1933), Untitled, 2020. Ink on canvas, 105 x 128 cm.

[psikonauti]

Henryk Płóciennik (Polish,1933-2020)

Niebieski Ogród, 1987

oil on canvas

[that-hazbin]

Media Demon AU

The Hotel needs a new animal Mascot, There is decidedly zero backbone to be found in this trio, and much bad math is performed by me. Feel free to correct it. Or not. Headcannoning Vox died in the 1950's between age 20-30, feel free to ignore. Alastor giving off parental vibes.

Vox looked at the moving package Alastor had given him, Anthony had lit up with a grin recognising what Alastor was doing, "Ah Smiles, you're such a sweetie sometimes" Alastor turned away flustered. "I have no idea what your talking about" Alastor was blushing near unnoticeably in that familiar tsundere way his close friends could spot a mile away.

It was the same expression from back then, Angel Dust thought wryly, way back when Alastor had gifted him with a small emotional support hell piglet for his recovery in therapy.

The box kept wriggling "Are you going to open it?" asked Alastor the television sinner.

Vox looked at the trembling box and gently removed the neon blue ribbon with trembling hands.

He didn't remember the last time someone, anyone really, had given him a gift. Carefully lifting the lid Vox felt his heart squeeze in his chest as a soft cold face pressed against his hand and licked his fingers.

"Oh you are adorable" a tiny gunmetal blue hammerhead hellshark pup with four incredibly stubby little legs was doing it's level best to get out of the box so Vox could pet it. The box tipped with the movement and the sharkpup pressed itself into Vox's body happily with strange little happy whines as its new owner coed over it with burning eyes.

Alastor leaned down meeting Vox's gaze and petted the hellshark pup who lapped up the attention with glee. "The hotel has a tank room for aquatic sinners, I thought a manner of responsibility might help you... Focus a bit more.", and if Alastor had also arranged a number of hellshark pet care books on Vox’s desk in his room that was merely coincidence.

Vox gave a watery laugh at the deer sinner who evidently didn't hate him as much as he thought, "Thank you for this".

And he meant it, it was the first time anyone had ever gotten him a such a thoughtful gift or any gift at all really.

It was also the first time Vox had ever thanked anyone for anything, it felt good.

"What ya gonna name the little fishdoggo?" Asked Velvette who was relentlessly booping the sharkdog pup between it's eyes to it's unending glee.

Vox had never been creative, certainty never good enough at being original but this was.. important, Vox looked up at Alastor "Why don't you name him for me?" Alastor tilted his head confused.

"I had assumed you would name him, he is your pet?"

"I'm.. not good at names", Vox grimaced, or much else he thought glumly.

Alastor was looking at him with a look Vox found impossible to decipher "...Vark"

"Vark", Vox tested the name on his tongue, "I like it!" Vox smiled like a small child receiving a gift.

Alastor realised his own age at that moment, he and the picture box were no longer separated by a gulf of scant few decades but much longer than that.

Alastor born in 1900, died in 1933, then died again in 2020 at 120 and being sent back to 1933 living a further 87 years until the present day... Alastor was even older than Charlie who was 200, by, ironically seven years minimum if his rather sketchy math was right give or take a few months.

Angel Dust offered a toast, he and the others oblivious to the former Radio Demon's inner midlife crisis, "To Vox, Velvette and Vark of the Hazbin Hotel! The Three Vees!"

Alastor huffed a laugh pushing down his internal panic and vowing to hunt down a calculator to figure out the exact numbers joined in the toast.

Don't you DARE make me ship this timeline's radio static I already have enough on my plate with hellradio 😭 fuck Vox and Vark are SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!

I really love the detail you put about this being the first time Vox sincerely thanked someone. A little show of his development under the Hazbin Hotel. That, AND Alastor being a little tsundere who's in COMPLETE denial about caring about this TV head? This is excellent. EXCELLENT!

And it's good to note Alastor's age, because I didn't even THINK that he could possibly be older than Charlie. That's insane to think about. He really did just relive an ENTIRE CENTURY. I don't know why that didn't actually hit me as hard as before, but like, that is a LOT of time, which means he could have gone through a LOT of his own personal development in that time period. Wow.

(And yet, he couldn't kick his habit of adopting the sad and pathetic into his fold. Even against his will.)

[robertreich]

Biden vs. Trump: Whose Economic Plan Is Better for You? 

Trump failed to deliver on his number one campaign promise:

President Trump presided over a historic net loss of nearly 3 million American jobs, the worst jobs numbers ever recorded under an American president.

This is no fluke. America’s economy has almost always done worse under Republican presidents. A New York Times analysis found that since 1933, the U.S. economy has grown nearly twice as fast on average under Democrats.

Now Trump’s defenders claim it’s not his fault that the economy collapsed under his watch. It was the pandemic. But there are two big things wrong with this.

First, the pandemic recession was as bad as it was because of Trump. His failure to lead with any national strategy left America in chaos throughout 2020, long after other nations had developed coordinated testing, tracing, and social distancing plans that allowed them to reopen their economies.

But secondly, even before the pandemic, Trump failed to deliver on his economic promises. Job growth slowed under Trump.

America added more jobs in President Obama’s last three years than in Trump’s first three.

Even before the pandemic most middle-class American households saw their incomes go down under Trump.

Trump’s major economic policy was cutting taxes on the rich and big corporations. He promised it would result in $4,000 annual raises for workers. How did that work out? Did you get a $4,000 raise?

Republicans keep claiming that if we just cut enough taxes on the rich, the wealth will “trickle down.” But it never works. Wage growth slowed after Reagan’s tax cuts for the rich and big corporations. And the Bush and Trump tax cuts didn’t trickle down either.

These giveaways to the wealthy came at the expense of investments in infrastructure, education, and health care, making life more expensive and difficult for everyone who isn’t rich.

They also exploded the debt and deficit. Reagan oversaw a 186% increase in the national debt — the biggest percentage increase in over 70 years. The Bush and Trump tax cuts, that mostly benefited corporations and the rich, are the main reasons why America’s debt is growing faster than the economy.

Republican presidents have led us into the three worst economic crises of the last century, and Democrats led us out of them.

Republicans talk about running the country like a business, but they want to run it the way Trump ran his businesses: with massive debts, a string of failures, and payouts for the folks at the top, while workers get shafted again and again. Given Republicans’ track record, why would any hard-working American put their financial security in the hands of a Republican president ever again?