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An easy pick for me but it captures the last decade so well. Lincoln looking at the noose/halo is what sends this one over from being just a funny picture into being genuine art. It should be in a gallery. It should be in the entryway to the White House.

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[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Presinald Dumpf gazing into the eclipse. Also not pictured, Trump when RBG died

[–] FakeNewsForDogs@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

This is it for me. Really captures the idiotic self-sabotaging hubris of the declining American empire. Though the video does the moment slightly more justice because you get to see him sort of turn away and wince as the sun scorches his retinas. It’s perfect.