America First by Dr. Seuss
America First by Dr. Seuss
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Is this a real Dr. Seuss? What year is it from?
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According to https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb0000819h yes it's real and the year it's from is 1941 more specifically 1941-07-08. You can view what I think might be all or most of his political cartoons here: https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/collection/bb65202085
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google "dr seuss wwii propaganda" you ain't seen nothing yet
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Yeah, I honestly think it's really interesting! More specifically, Seuss was in the Signal Corps to make propaganda like this alongside other artists you might know such as Stan Lee! Lee even made propaganda/survival comics for troops since a lot of them couldn't be bothered to read manuals for a lot of their equipment lol.
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Seek out Rachel Maddow's podcast, Ultra. I'm about 1000 light years from a Maddow fan but its actually a really good piece of investigative work about the explicitly and powerfully pro-fascist America First movement during ww2 and after. It just never ceases to be true, that no matter how much you accept the closeness of American patriotism and genocidal dictatorial fascism, the reality is always that they're a little closer than you thought.
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