"You can show a child pictures of the leaders of each side in a revolutionary conflict, and any one who's raised on Disney and Mother Goose will be able to tell who the good guys are and who the bad guys are."
He looks like this btw: https://twitter.com/SlayingStaying/status/1561382193317937163
He brings that up and says it’s fake because his skin is airbrushed.
But apparently all the paintings are real lol
:stalin-heart:
Everyone and their mother had their photos retouched in the early 20th century. Turns out when you pay shitloads of money for some guy to take your picture you want them to make you look nice. Who could've fucking thought?
The monarchs, of course, famously never had unrealistic depictions of them made.