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[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 147 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Not a Christian, but I used to be one, and I've never heard of anyone fitting the criteria for the antichrist better than Donald Trump

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 71 points 6 days ago (4 children)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There it is. If you hadn't posted it, I would have.

[–] maturelemontree@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

It just keeps going and going. The dude is so old and decrepit now I feel like he is either going to die soon and we'll breathe a sigh of relief or he's going to rip his skin off and a red devil will pop out. Its gotta happen soon, right?

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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 24 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Right? I had a grandparent heavy into that part of Christianity before they died. The guys fits. As does the bad weather. I’m a bit surprised the Christian following hasn’t gone there. Granted, there may not be one of any significance given how bot run the internet is these days.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2302.00381v1

There’s a fun Forbes article voicing concern about wasting ad efforts on bots. If any relief occurs it will be because of this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/emmawoollacott/2024/04/16/yes-the-bots-really-are-taking-over-the-internet/

If you ask AI they list the number at 20% not 50%.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I’m a bit surprised the Christian following hasn’t gone there.

Isn't a big part of it how the Antichrist deceives people into following him who ought to know better?

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 5 points 6 days ago

That is the story, yes.

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[–] jtrek@startrek.website 15 points 6 days ago (7 children)

. I’m a bit surprised the Christian following hasn’t gone there.

Many Christians are theologically incompetent. They don't know their scripture. They just like feeling good.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

But didn't JD Vance say the pope needs to understand theology more before he starts preaching about what Trump is or isn't doing? /s

Fuck America is so lost.

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

My boss said it best. "My faith requires that I ignore everything I learned. I grew up believing in science but to follow my faith I must believe in the Bible."

This was his response to me asking him how he thought carbon dating was fake.

Im not religious and I talk circles around him about the Bible endlessly. He's so stubborn about it that I can basically shut him up about anything but simple quoting the Bible at him and then spinning and s twisting it to fit anything I want.

I'll even point out to him that I'm doing it and how it's manipulative. But he just says if you can make the argument from the Bible then no matter what it must be true.

He's explained he's so scared of going to hell he's willing to "unlearn anything" if it means he will be saved

Its baffling.

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[–] crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 77 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Lol, not even really gold, like the rest of his crap:

the president fails to mention the fact that the figure is merely wrapped in gold leaf.

The shiny livery was added to the bronze statue by the sculptor, who told the Daily Beast that it was the easiest mark-up of his life. “They loved the idea, of course. It’s like pitching ice water to a man dying of thirst. It was not a hard sell,” Alan Cottrill said.

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 46 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Give it a few months and the gold leaf is flaking off, and they start fixing it with spray paint. It's all so poetic.

[–] Mvlad88@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit, your comment made me realize something. Is Trump spraying himself orange because he thinks it makes him look golden?

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 42 points 6 days ago

The artist literally upsold them for no other reason than money, and then bragged about gouging them over making it shiny. There was also something about him holding the statue until they paid in full, before delivering it. He knows what's up with these losers.

[–] Mohamed@lemmy.ca 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Such a waste. Bronze looks so much better than that gold, especially when it rusts.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I wonder how this will patina with piss. I can't be the only one that really wants to piss on it. I'm sure that will become a thing.

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[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

When the drawing looks more like real gold than the photograph...

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[–] belunos@lemmus.org 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think this was posted before the pastor at the dedication respond to this this. He posted several paragraphs explaining why this isn't false idolatry, and it kind of came down to 'trust me bro'

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Trust me bro, this flesh alchemy gig pays out after four or five years. Sure, at first, every chick runs away from you when you approach them offering the giblets of a jammed duckling, but once you smoke a few pounds of Benadryl, you start pulling it off, in the same way just whipping it out will land you a date 1/10 times, assuming you are fast or can afford the out-of-court settlements for the 3/10 times they threaten to call the cops. But this gets you the really freaky bitches that would also be the ideal mother of your child who will teach them the occult and have them transcend physicality entirely by middle school. I highly recommend, and I don't even miss my one toe. It's like childhood all over again, but with less bleeding on Christmas, at least in my case.

[–] belunos@lemmus.org 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bruh that toe was the key factor in the enrichment of your life goals. Think of it as an investment. And listen, don't even worry about the 3/10, you whip out a four toe'd foot, and the jury will be eating out of the palm of your hand. Trust.

[–] Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Listen, I got plenty of toes. I have my sister's feet, afterall. They're in a glass jar on my desk.

[–] belunos@lemmus.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yo, I'm a foot guy, let's see those pics

I got balls in my ass right now (I'm a juggler), so lemme fix that problem first, though, personally, I wouldn't call it a problem.

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 49 points 6 days ago

Then it was a golden calf. Now it’s a golden pig

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

How can these supposedly knowledgeable Christian "leaders" do this without thinking about Moses destroying the Golden Calf, or even the 10 Commandments' warnings against having no Gods before me, and no graven images, etc.?

I suppose if you're okay with all the other commandments being broken, these ones aren't really so bad. It's not like Killing or Stealing, and they do that shit every day.

And as long as we're on the subject, the 10 Commandments say NOTHING about pedophilia, so GAME ON!

[–] Clutter@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago

They have become the satire...

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 31 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The USA is probably the nation furthest from christian values at this moment. Well, aside from the genocide and pedophilia. They got that shit on LOCK.

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[–] beansbeansbeans@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Evangelicals aren't Christians and are incapable of critical thought or reflection.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 19 points 6 days ago

It is also a characteristic of the Anti-Christ being on earth I believe

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

theyve never been christians, but they do love to troll them

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The lack of awareness and intelligence never ceases to cofound me. Following the anti-christ, the person they want to start armageddon, is a one-way ticket to hell for these clowns. And they’re all for it. Yet they think they’re the good guys?

[–] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No it's a one way ticket to heaven. They get to go to heaven when everything ends. Thats why they want things to end.

Ending is rewarded to them. Its a pretty classic example of the problem with positive enforcement. If misapplied it causes more problems

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That’s not how it works, unless the “/s” fell out of your pocket on the way to posting that.

Thessalonians:

10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Point being, they get an antichrist, believe in said person, and are sent to eternal torment for a thousand years.

They might think they’re going to heaven, but in their magical world they quite clearly will not. They’ll just accelerate the destruction of the planet and take us down with them.

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[–] Hackworth@piefed.ca 16 points 6 days ago

Jesus fucking christ

[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So I always thought the whole End Times eschatology was just bullshit to scare people and convince them that their religion had it all figured out. But now I've come to realize the metaphorical power of the stories themselves.

[–] RunawayFixer@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (5 children)

History repeats itself. The bible stories are based on things that had happened before, so with stories they tried to warn people not to fall for it again or the bad times would come back, and now people are falling for it again.

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[–] SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)
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[–] klu9@piefed.social 9 points 6 days ago

"God?! God's a radical left lunatic, so soft on crime, so soft. What did God do to stop Iran getting nukes? Nothing! Not like me."

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 9 points 6 days ago

Well, not really the oldest, that would be "hey guys, see that tree? don't eat its fruit. anything else you can eat, just not THAT one. Kay?"

but it's definitely up there in being one of the most well known rules.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

And then god said, take its nails for they're like penies but worth at least a laptop. Take its fingers if you have no home. Take its arms to pay for a freeway or feet to build a financial building. Blessed is that chunk of gold sitting right there.

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