Alt: duck soup movie poster, in which a grifter con man fails upward to leading a country, makes a mockery of justice, appoints idiots spying for a foreign government, and ends up in a losing war and destruction.

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago (2 children)

And it came out in 1933.

Something about history rhyming and all that.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

And some song lyrics from the first music number:

The last man nearly ruined this place,

He didn’t know what to do with it

If you think this country’s bad enough now,

Just wait till I get through with it. /

The country’s taxes must be fixed,

And I know what to do with it.

If you think you’re paying too much now,

Just wait till I get through with it. /

I will not stand for anything

That’s crooked or unfair.

I’m strictly on the up and up,

So everyone beware. /

If anyone’s caught taking graft

And I don’t get my share,

We stand ‘em up against the wall…

And pop goes the weasel!

[–] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have to watch it again, along with some of the others like coconauts and day at the races

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

Morons from Outer Space is a classic you should include

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

So we're a decade early. WWIII 2029?