#WhiteHouse Golf motel pimp chic, #DictatorChic , faux gold, is sickening! Its lack of taste and class shouts on TV! #Politics

"His fetishisation of classicism, a historically recurring comfort blanket for despots of all stripes, is bleakly predictable."
― Catherine Slessor

#Architecture #ArchitecturalDesign #ArchitecturalCriticism #FetishizationOfClassicism #DictatorChic #Trump #WhiteHouse
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/oct/23/trump-white-house-ballroom-architecture-critic-dictator-bling

The #WhiteHouse teardown for #DictatorChic ! Outrageous! Illegal! By an illegitimate squatter! Never forget! Never forgive! https://tinyurl.com/2wr9w6zw #Politics
Trump’s Gilded Ballroom and the Fall of the American Republic

Tackiness and tyranny go hand in hand

Paul Krugman

DICTATOR CHIC: The aesthetic lovechild of tyranny & tackiness according to Liberace’s decorator. Gilded toilets, marble everything, oversized portraits, & a pathological fear of subtlety.
#DictatorChic
#heterodoxdictionary

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From: @jalefkowit
https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/114836327565878420

Jason Lefkowitz (@[email protected])

It's not the absolute worst thing about the current era, but it's still disheartening that it is all just so fucking tacky https://sherwood.news/power/the-oval-office-is-getting-even-more-shiny-and-gold/ #USPol

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To paraphrase Kenny Everett's cleverly-named diva, Cupid Stunt, the Russian company #NewRuBrand24's launch of its commemorative 'Stalinist' jacket is "all in the WORST possible taste!" Anyone for some #Stalin #DictatorChic? A snip at ₽150,000 rubles!

https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/06/fury-russian-fashion-brand-launches-1-300-stalin-jackets-20408371/

Fury as Russian fashion brand launches £1,300 ‘Stalin’ jackets

The price tag for looking like the Soviet dictator? A staggering £1,300.

Metro.co.uk
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