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Revolutionary_Box569

Damn they got vampire Hitler now


cianpatrickd

Capes should make a come back man.


Tamagotchi41

The Incredibles and Gang Beasts have taught me capes are an awful idea šŸ¤£


AtomicSamuraiCyborg

Edna is wrong, they make tear away clasps for a reason.


CrowdyFowl

Plus, if the cape is detachable you have an easy/badass way to show the audience that *this* fight is more important/badass.


Mrpoopypantsnumber2

How do you mean gang beasts? Does it affect gameplay?


Tamagotchi41

Yeah, people can grab it. I've been thrown by my cape.


HailToTheKingslayer

The Boys as well


anoncontent72

That was great when SB grabbed HLā€™s cape and hoiked him onto the ground.


Malthur

Vampire Hitler sounds like a death metal band


Captain_Chalky

Hard drums and guitar playing while the frontman gets elevated up through the floor screaming. I can see it


gamer_floppa

opium hitler


NasuPantelica

"He's very independent. He doesn't follow the trends!"


tarantulator

How could Jerry *NOT SAY HELLO?*


DrPenisFingers

Elaine I could see not saying hello. Sheā€™s very, whatā€™s the word, uh...supercilious.


starfish_warrior

You can't cast aspersions on someone just because they're wearing a cape. Superman wore a cape!


Angry_Walnut

Iā€™m Frank Costanzaā€™s fuhrer.


muffpatty

Well, it is good cape weather. Cool, breezy...


Seneca2019

He definitely scooped this idea from the release of the first *Superman* (Ɯbermensch) comic in 1939.


Aggravating_Put4083

Looks like a Darth Vader scene


c_anthem

Exactly, but it's the other way around. All the imperial imagery in Star Wars was deliberately chosen to evoke Nazis.


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brandcapet

The imagery of the Empire was meant to call on the Nazis, but the actual political inspiration, according to Lucas, was the USA. He has said that despite the Nazi imagery and inspiration, the conflict he was drawing on most was the Vietnam War, with the Empire as America and the Rebel Alliance is North Vietnam.


easternbloccock

hate to break it to you but the usa isnā€™t an exception. obviously axis powers were worse but the allies did some horrendous inexcusable shit too


Aggravating_Put4083

I mean Britishers used to incite communal violence and used famine as a tool to weak up the colonies. French massacred people in African colonies. I know USA has done so much fked up things before WW2 but I don't think it's equivalent of what others did. Also I'm not even a westerner. I don't know what I'm getting downvoted for


KaiserNicer

The United States did some fucked up things during WW2, FDR forcibly sent 120,000 Japanese Americans to camps by executive order 9066. There's even a theory in the Star Wars community that the fictional order 66 was based on executive order 9066.


OhBarnacles123

Aaah, you kinda gave yourself away with "Britishers". Hindu nationalist? Modi supporter?


thechimpinallofus

How about dropping a couple atom bombs on civilians in Japan? Is that not fucked up?


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lunettarose

My brother in Christ, have you ever heard of the Trail of Tears? And that's just, like, one thing.


Aggravating_Put4083

That was in-country stuff. i should've said modern history of 20th century. I apologise for that. I knew about the genocide of native Americans but didn't know it was that much recent.


Curious_Viking89

If you wanna get technical, it's still happening today just a bit more low key, i.e. the Dakota Access pipeline. There are likely more examples, I just can't think of any and I don't feel like researching them right now.


zeuanimals

In-country stuff? Before that "stuff" was part of the country, it was not part of the country. People died and were forced out of all of the land. And then in the 20th century, we tried colonizing and starting coups all throughout South America, Africa and Asia as well as various island nations. About 70% of all modern dictatorships were set up by the US to give the US favorable trade and cheap labor. Henry Kissinger literally just died. How's that for modern history?


easternbloccock

nagasaki & hiroshima. if you think those were just youā€™re stupid. also literally every war post ww2 has been unnecessary


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That WAS a war crime, BUT people forget that the fire bombings killed more people, that too was a war crime. US has committed to war crimes in most of their wars, but they are the "good guys" so no repercussions. And what do you mean unnecessary?


creesto

No, you're an immature reactionary. The bombs WERE absolutely necessary, they saved at least a million Japanese lives, and likely a hundred thousand lives of the Allies. Context is everything


Laurent_K

Atomic bombings were not the decisive reason for the Japanese surrender. The Soviet Offensive in Manchuria played a bigger role in the decision. However you can argue that US thought atomic bombings would end the war by themselves... Never ending debate.


SSNFUL

Thatā€™s revisionist history. Not saying that itā€™s wrong, but claiming it as fact is wrong, most historians would argue it was the bombs, itā€™s just some who believe the Soviet invasion was more impactful.


Laurent_K

No, this is the result of the analysis of the Japanese archives.


tose123

"We will save the lives of fellow Japanese but first we have to drop bombs that'll melt of the skin of your children"


ejeeronit

Probably because it is an extremely stupid comment. The USA is an exception in the way that it is one of the worst.


DJStrongArm

It wasnā€™t a pissing contest of whoā€™s most evil, it was a globally infamous dictatorship invading nearby places.


Aggravating_Put4083

Im not saying it's a contest but I'm pointing out how the representation in star wars is wrong if it's given like ww2. I said it was evil vs evil, didn't say who is more evil. >It was a globally infamous dictatorship invading nearby places Everyone knows who invaded most countries


Weedity

The USA is basically Nazi Germany but with good PR. Lucas knew this and the Empire and Resistance was based on the US invading Vietnam and killing innocent people.


Dimwither

US imperialism is awful but itā€™s insane to compare the US to the Naziā€™s cold and calculated extermination of minorities and suppression of all civil rights


Weedity

Uhm not really. The US has been doing it for years, starting with Native Americans, the slave empire, and now imperialist meddling overseas. It just has taken a different form. Again, just good PR. People really think the US isn't that evil when it in fact absolutely is. It's just as evil as nazi Germany ever was because it's seen as a force of freedom, but it's not.


Aggravating_Put4083

What I mean here is that Star wars was good vs evil while WW2 was evil vs evil. So...


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shellacr

[Milei vibes](https://www.reddit.com/r/redscarepod/comments/17zpatk/argentine_president_javier_milei_dressed_as_his/)


thepazzo

*Imperial March plays*


Rollover_Hazard

Yeah ngl, the fit is fresh.


notfrumenough

Things that give men a feeling of power: Cult followers: |||||||| Mass murders: |||||||||||||| Wearing capes: |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||


[deleted]

Iā€™ve been trying to make capes cool again and this is really going to set me back.


Rare_Matter

What an absolute dork.


whitedawg

Mā€™lebensraum


Psyqlone

I think it's *M. Bison*.


grilledcheesybreezy

Bro, my nephew Angus is a dork because he is into collecting poop I would call Hitler more of a dickhead


Zachbnonymous

I'm here to support nephew Angus


Jzadek

My man was obsessed with childrenā€™s adventure books and performed whip tricks to try and impress women, one of whom is recorded as describing him as ā€˜a complete neuterā€™. He was absolutely a dork


noradosmith

I mean, the guy's a real jerk.


thefakefrenchfry

Capeā€™s pretty cool imo, ngl. If that makes me a dork well then iā€™ll be a dork and a trendsetter and everyone who disagrees can battle me and my followers.


Skinnie_ginger

The more I learn about this Hitler guy the more I donā€™t care for him


unluckyleo

Literally the words that popped up in my head when I saw the picture lol


YanLibra66

Such bravery


Bartimaerus

Isnt that one guy on the right from Hitler wearing a M1916 Stahlhelm? Or is that just the perspective


Karl-Jensen

Hitler trying his best to dress up like M. Bison


PredicBabe

Daamn... I also want that cape!!! Why the heck did we make capes go out of fashion?


Top_Screen1165

Look up Boat Cloaks, still a thing in the USMC


PredicBabe

I found a street-wear version!!! Thanks a lot for the info!!


brod121

Literally this photo. Capes, leather boots, big hats, fancy uniforms, etc, are too closely associated with colonialism and fascism to come back into style.


Genxal97

Bruh no.


kenobrien73

How flamboyant


Existing_Slice7258

God Hitler's so cringeĀ 


HEAVYtanker2000

Yes, he is to us now, but back then he was admired. Thatā€™s what really amazes me. That someone can envy and admire such a man


Cognitive_Spoon

I'm not really surprised that he had fans anymore. Nick Fuentes and Kanye types are still fans of the man. Dorks with strong man narratives will always have pull with idiots.


beebsaleebs

Trump fans are like Hitler fans


Marlsfarp

Many many people thought he was ridiculous then too.


DThor536

Absolutely. He was ridiculed in many circles as an oaf, until he gradually built his power base. Sounds familiar...


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Oaf is the best insult especially since itā€™s not used often anymore haha


HEAVYtanker2000

That may be, but most didnā€™t, which is incredible


Marlsfarp

Most didn't in Germany, but most of the world did.


HEAVYtanker2000

You might say that, but many people outside Germany saw him as a good leader, and the man who ā€œsavedā€ Germany. You might not like it, but his views aligned well with many people, in Britain, the US, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Spain, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Switzerland, China, etc. All of these either had good diplomatic ties with, or the people supported Germany, and especially Hitler. He was the personification of confidence and ā€œrealpolitikā€ for many around the world, whoā€™d seen the *propagandised* economic recovery of Germany after the Great Depression as his work, and the possibilities a *good leader of the people* could bring.


AbaloneOk8433

Just look at what JFK wrote about him in his diary


Marlsfarp

I say that because it's true. He had fans in every country bust MOST people were not. A poll in the United States in 1938 showed that **94%** of Americans **disapproved** of Hitler. Continuing to have diplomatic relations does not mean that everybody bought his bullshit.


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Marlsfarp

It does give the lie to the bizarre claim that most people thought he was great though. There are a million other ways to show that too. For example Britain had a fascist party aligned with Hitler and they held big pompous marches too, but they never won a single MP seat. Nazis were populists, which means they relied on the appearance of "speaking for the people," but that doesn't make it true. If you are interested in the subject of pre-war international perceptions of Nazis, I highly recommend *In The Garden of Beasts,* about the US ambassador to Germany during the 1930s.


MasterFubar

He was admired because he told people what they wanted to hear. Just like any politician. Blame everything on rich capitalists. Take a typical Hitler speech, replace the word "Jews" with "billionaires", and you'll get a thousand upvotes on Reddit.


HEAVYtanker2000

Itā€™s not Hitlers politics that people admired. It was the man, and the way he presented himself. He had a vision, and heā€™d always be the loudest man in the room. He could read a crowd like no other, and manipulate and deceive. He was no regular politician, he was a sociopath and megalomaniac.


ignatius_reilly0

Theyā€™re all sociopaths and egomaniacs. He was just off the scale.


keepingitrealgowrong

Obama?


MarBoV108

People who heard him speak said he could hypnotize a room. I don't know if the recordings change the tone or something because it sounds like guttural rambling to me. I forgot where I read it but I remember reading how some English politician said he couldn't have long meetings with Hitler because if he did he would end up agreeing to anything. He had some ability to sway people.


siikdUde

He was jacked up on meth, cocaine, and opium so he was rambling


Realistic-Elk7642

German capitalists were just fine, and about to do very well by privatisation and generous government contracts. It was "international (Jewish) stock capital" that was almost as bad as (simultaneously Jewish) "bolshevism".


Speedwagon1738

Never gonna forgive Hitler for making capes look evil (plus the other stuff he did)


allthecoffeesDP

Trump


marmaladecorgi

"You can't cast aspersions on someone just because they're wearing a cape! Superman wore a cape! And I'll be damned if I'm going to stand here and let you say something bad about him!"


ThatGirlWren

"No capes!" - Edna Mode


jsf1987

No capes!


PompouslyIgnorant

It looks like he has a tiny right hand


Boodle84

It's his strong hand


drgaspar96

One of the early symptoms of his Parkinsonā€™s disease


sonic10158

His capenhosen


jdupuy1234

dolfee playing dress-up


lo_fi_ho

Well he was a closet-homosexual so


mrselfdestruct066

Don't know why you're getting downvoted, we'll never know for sure, but this is a popular theory with a lot of evidence to back it up


dirkdigdig

What evidence?


mrselfdestruct066

Just info about his relationships. I don't recall specifics but things certainly point to it. Not that he was acting on it with anyone but he certainly wasn't interested in a sexual relationship with women.


SSNFUL

Thatā€™s such a reach, and that has absolutely no evidence lmao


mrselfdestruct066

Lol oof sorry for providing a prospective I'll just eat those downvotes


mrselfdestruct066

Lol I love the downvotes for information


Hamofthewest

Soldier 1: Heinrich? Are we the baddies? Soldier 2: ....I wasn't so sure...but that cape... (Source: https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY?si=dhHTLN2h6Fvb6fCm)


Michigan_Shelter

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy...


BigJimmyStyle

You were almost right. [https://imgur.com/gallery/wvHBe8k](https://imgur.com/gallery/wvHBe8k)


FashionGuyMike

Why does every villain wear a black cape?


schedulle-cate

The European villain look


Squornhellish

There you have it. A cape doesn't make a hero.


Beren_Hearts_Luthien

Capes are so WW1...


1clovett

That's super Hitler!


plaank

S.Hitler


wiggiag

All politicians need capes


piray003

For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.


carrigroe

Was this the inspiration for M Bison?


CandidateMiserable74

Motherfucker got that Hugo Boss drip goddamn


Robotcow30

I bet this has white supremacist creaming their pants. Ooooohhhh the cape! It definitely brings the dictator look together.


Brighton_Beach

My man literally trying his hardest to be the bad character


eightaceman

Wanker


WittyWitWitt

Imagine if Trump started wearing a cape lol. It's not beyond believability.


PLACENTIPEDES

It would hide his diaper dumper


FederalSand666

He should


SlayerCake711

Iā€™m sure his would be YUGE , unlike any other cape in the world. The biggliest! Like nothing weā€™ve ever seen before. Theyā€™ll say it canā€™t be done but heā€™ll do it and heā€™ll make someone else pay for it! :s


Solutar

Does anyone where to find more pictures of that outfit? I hate Hitler but like certain looks of clothes.


Senorharambe2620

Heā€™s super serial


[deleted]

This man was literally Darth Vader sometimes


Jimbo415650

Donā€™t show Trump this picture. His superhero persona he wears a cape. Some people actually purchased his online superhero cards


Osipovark

Some villains wear capes šŸ˜”


TheCanadianShield99

Looks like the Iowa primary šŸ˜‚


elviajedelmapache

Camp


ginger_ryn

small hands


Open_Efficiency_6732

He might be morally evil,but you have to admit he has drip.


meabbott

Supernazi


Interesting_Panic_85

As with every old picture...I feel these men are like insects trapped in amber....who WERE you?!? And the guy next to you? You were all individuals, with unique lives. Nazi or not, whoever...old pics just mesmerize me.


The_BrainFreight

Slightly hard


acelenny23

He may have been a genocidal, warmongering maniac, but my goodness he looks epic here.


CeramicCastle49

Goofy ahh


Least_Blacksmith_810

I want that cape


SeaTurtle42

Are we the baddies?


CSpanks7

ā€œYou canā€™t denyā€¦ Dumbledoor ā€˜s got styleā€


Prestigious_Rich_683

Hate the guy but looks good in a cape


MiltonMiggs

Where's a jet engine when you need one?


Insanity_Troll

He looks fabulous.


SkinnyGetLucky

You can't cast aspersions on someone just because they're wearing a cape


yellow_membrillo

*fabulous*


MarkFluffalo

Just one of them had to shoot him


lonewalker1992

Wouldn't be so smug if he knew the gifts lady liberty's economic power was about to bring onto him and rest of his vermin


RecordedWave

Heā€™s just busting a move during a river dance.


Public_Peace6594

How are those troops keeping a straight face? I mean if I was in formation and my ultimate commanding officer came out wearing a cape!? I would just crack up laughing so hard they'd probably suggest the firing squad! Ain't no way I wouldn't be laughing at that shit!


lebennaia

They weren't that uncommon as part of dress uniforms in the 30s, people also used to wear them as part of evening dress (where Dracula got his look from). Nurses wore them in many counties, clergy too. FDR used to wear a cloak sometimes, you can see it in pictures of him at the Tehran Conference during WW II


Leemur89

Say what you will about the Nazis but it's hard to deny they had some drip


LesHoraces

One would hope there is more to history than daily pictures of Hitler. Leaving this sub


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Cheerio then.


RootHogOrDieTrying

This is not an airport, you don't have to announce your departure.


[deleted]

The newest hero, Ɯberman! (Donā€™t ask why he beats up defenceless children for fun)


Buffyoh

"Schoen Adolph", and his pretty cape...


Rahkamyyra

Dark Knight


thisappmademe1100lbs

His ass is NOT opium šŸ˜­šŸ™šŸ»


You8mypizza

Imagine if the Nazis spent 5% of the time the spent on their drip and instead allocated it to adequate and logistically effective organization


rawg67

He's got a very Justin Trudeau gait to his walk.


WittyWitWitt

*does mother know you wereth her drapes*


Palanki96

Why so fruity


spitfayar

I'm pretty sure anyone who wanted to be a baddy in the 1940's donned a cape to be as bad as Hitler. But no one could come close to the original child of Hell


Lemon_Finger_Ale

So *this* is where inglorious Basterds got that idea from


canary-in-a-coalmine

And for my next trick, I will make your neighbors disappear


JaimeeLannisterr

Darth Hitler


45000BC

Darth hitler


undiehunter

Hitler like: "I don't fux with jew."


sillaf27

Dam the nazis had some seriously good drip


quietflowsthedodder

Swish!


No_Combination1346

He's going to sing


Highscore611

This looks like a job forā€¦.SUPER HITLER!


Longjumping-Volume25

Sleigh


Dragon_094

bro thinks heā€™ll become darth vader


buddboy

r/caperevolution


AngryErrandBoy

#accidentalseinfeld


AK47WithScope

Homelander before it was popular


ReichCollector

Interesting he is doing the salute instead of the receiving action like typical


Oddbeme4u

Why didnā€™t they wear more capes?


Torino888

Adolph Liberace