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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

I guarantee you that’s where Turnip’s team got the slogan. Some unpaid internet played the game and mentioned it as Orange was walking by.

[–] saigot 14 points 1 year ago

I mean the slogan came from Reagan and predates the game.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

It was a Reagan campaign, and people like Roger Stone and Steve Pieczenick were involved. Listening to him on Knowledge Fight covering Infowars, they aren't in touch enough to know video game references, unfortunately, since that would have been hilarious.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It originated from Reagan who took it from Thatcher, with Reagan not getting the "Make Britan Great Again" pun works because Great Britain is the name of the English portion of the UK

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Great Brittain is the big island that England, Scotland and Wales lie on, but yes it's dumb that Reagan just lost the pun

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's so funny to think about lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Yeeah, by the time Trump used it, it was a cliché slogan for cinematic hard-right-wing movements and political parties in America. I think the one in The Purge is Keeping America Great

So it was a clue during the campaign that Trump was meaning to do a literal fascism.