Shirt took a stab at Mark Zuckerberg, to the delight of many.

I thought this was slightly funny.

Mark Zuckerberg is known these days for wearing t-shirts with Latin phrases on them, especially ones where he compares himself to Julius Caesar.

Bluesky made a shirt in the same style, but theirs says “a world without Caesars” in Latin.

  • gcheliotis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Zuckerberg wears t-shirts comparing himself to Julius Caesar? Why is that every time I think I’m up-to-date on the latest weirdness there’s more of it?

    • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
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      7 days ago

      He’s not doing those roman salutes in public yet, though.

      But it’s kinda funny that the oligarchs are so obsessed with Rome, famous for baking a fallen empire, while enabling the fall of the US.

    • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Roman empire, like the nordic pagan BS is also a (extreme) right-wing fetish.
      So glad to see our new PM celebrating his election win like this:

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Lol his face… It’s like he knows this is a bad idea and he has no idea how he ended up there.

        That or he’s just an idiot and his face always looks like that.

        • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Poor thing is his son, molded by daddy.
          You should see the video, he just looks scary in it. The empty look, no thoughts, just following orders.
          His sister already had mental problems at a young age and got help, this one doesn’t know it yet.

        • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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          7 days ago

          Belgium.
          As I said, after winning the national election.
          While we have an even more extreme party (VB)he is the leader of the NVA, basically a nationalist separatist party that wants to split the country and indepence for the Flemish speaking part.
          Historically they were the party that collaborated with the nazis.
          While they are careful to not be associated with extremism sometimes their true nature shows.

        • Chocobofangirl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          7 days ago

          Reverse image search brings up articles for belgium referencing a nationalist party, apparently younger dude is his son?

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Here you go:

      At Meta’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park, Calif., Zuckerberg wore a custom T-shirt with the Latin phrase “aut Zuck aut nihil,” or “all Zuck or all nothing,” as he revealed the first working prototype of Meta’s augmented-reality glasses.

      The phrase was a play on “aut Caesar aut nihil,” which means “either a Caesar or nothing,” or more simply “all or nothing.”

      Zuckerberg has long been interested in the Roman Empire. He spent his honeymoon in Rome and two of his children, August and Aurelia, are named after emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius.

      Incidentally, fascists tend to have a hard-on for ancient Rome, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

      • gcheliotis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 days ago

        Zuck puts out this weird “pick me” or “me too” energy lately, trying to fashion himself as one compatible with Trump’s world. His interest in Rome may precede Trump’s ascension to power, but his coming out is not a coincidence in my view. And yes, a fascination with Rome started as so many other things as an “innocent” meme and became a fascist dog-whistle.

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          7 days ago

          I think fascists idolizing the Roman Empire goes back as far as Mussolini. The fasces, after which fascism is named, was a Roman symbol.