Artstation gallery of the artist with more images from the series
NYT : Nooooo stop sharing based communist sci fi concept art on your authoritarian social media
In one Beijing artist’s recent depiction of the world in 2098, China is a high-tech superpower and the United States is humbled. Americans have embraced communism and Manhattan, draped with the hammer-and-sickle flags of the “People’s Union of America,” has become a quaint tourist precinct.
This triumphant vision has resonated among Chinese.
The sci-fi digital illustrations by the artist, Fan Wennan, caught fire on Chinese social media in recent months, reflecting a resurgent nationalism. China’s authoritarian system, proponents say, is not just different from the West’s democracies, it is also proving itself superior. It is a long-running theme, but China’s success against the pandemic has given it a sharp boost.
:wojak-nooo: :wojak-nooo: :wojak-nooo:
“America isn’t that heavenly kingdom depicted since decades ago,” said Mr. Fan, who is in his early twenties. “There’s nothing special about it. If you have to say there’s anything special about it now, it’s how messed up it can be at times.”
Fan Wennan: No
posts megastructure draped in red banners
China’s Combative Nationalists
imagine, as a fucking American, referring to the people of literally any other country as "combative nationalists"
Nationalism is when you paint a picture of a bright future for your nation's greatest enemy.
I want to live long enough to see the NYSE turned into a Leek museum.
Edit: upon further reflection, if this bloated corpse is allowed to shamble on for another 45 years there won't be a planet left for anyone.
You've got it the wrong way around- the planet's going to be here, just with no one left on it
Just from a vexillogical standpoint though, I hate both the current US flag and the one depicted here. Ugly af.
What makes it ugly to you? I kinda like it. Or what makes a flag ugly in general.
I'd say out of a symbological view it doesnt really make any sense to maintain the 13 colonial stripes but remove the 50 stars unless you're absolutely desperate to have both the old flag and some new communist symbol.
I mean I guess you could make an argument for the American revolution but that'd be patsucc shit, the hypocrisy and self interest of the American revolution is widely known and would hopefully be widely taught in any socialist America, meanwhile the 50 stars at least represent current political reality(assuming all 50 states remain as is and dont do any shenanigans of splitting, uniting, being ceded/returned etc).
Visual clutter first and foremost. The US flag is nothing but clutter, none of which sparks joy.
Communist symbolism sparks joy but it makes no sense to assume that a communist government would adopt a version of the old national flag with an exact rendition of the party emblem on it, as most alt hist artists assume. Historical precedence makes it far more likely to assume that they would just keep the old flag or that they would make a completely new one with symbolism appropriate for flags, ie. simple figures like stars, not intricate party logos.
I'd be a pretty old man in 2068, but my god I'll take it over not living to see this at all.
Come on laaattthhheee
Come on laaattthhheee
There is a three arrows symbol on the newsstand with the targets being a fasces, a republican elephant and a democrat donkey.
It actually is, that's a even better, I want to steal this.
If only the CPUSA wasn’t a revisionist party and didn’t side with the liberal bourgeoisie.
Someone please make an emoji of that flag (and about a dozen other things in this photo)
That's the CPUSA symbol. Cool flag, but the org is literally run by the FBI.
Well there were some documents showing that in the 60s when it was at the lowest membership, approximately 10% of it's membership were on the payroll.
Unsurprising, any communist org doing anything interesting will have a high degree of Fed infiltration.
I always thought the cpusa logo looked lopsided. I made these a while ago trying to fix it
Ah nice! I think it looks better oriented the other way
Edit: https://hexbear.net/post/190899
Leek Museum
The old site of NYSE
Sounds like a much better usage of the place
I could live with this kind of future. Let me have my anarchist book club and I’ll vibe.
