Shirt took a stab at Mark Zuckerberg, to the delight of many.

I thought this was slightly funny.

Mark Zuckerberg is known these days for wearing t-shirts with Latin phrases on them, especially ones where he compares himself to Julius Caesar.

Bluesky made a shirt in the same style, but theirs says “a world without Caesars” in Latin.

  • gcheliotis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    Zuckerberg wears t-shirts comparing himself to Julius Caesar? Why is that every time I think I’m up-to-date on the latest weirdness there’s more of it?

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Here you go:

      At Meta’s annual Connect event in Menlo Park, Calif., Zuckerberg wore a custom T-shirt with the Latin phrase “aut Zuck aut nihil,” or “all Zuck or all nothing,” as he revealed the first working prototype of Meta’s augmented-reality glasses.

      The phrase was a play on “aut Caesar aut nihil,” which means “either a Caesar or nothing,” or more simply “all or nothing.”

      Zuckerberg has long been interested in the Roman Empire. He spent his honeymoon in Rome and two of his children, August and Aurelia, are named after emperors Augustus and Marcus Aurelius.

      Incidentally, fascists tend to have a hard-on for ancient Rome, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

      • gcheliotis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        25 days ago

        Zuck puts out this weird “pick me” or “me too” energy lately, trying to fashion himself as one compatible with Trump’s world. His interest in Rome may precede Trump’s ascension to power, but his coming out is not a coincidence in my view. And yes, a fascination with Rome started as so many other things as an “innocent” meme and became a fascist dog-whistle.

        • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          25 days ago

          I think fascists idolizing the Roman Empire goes back as far as Mussolini. The fasces, after which fascism is named, was a Roman symbol.

    • SirDankbud@lemmy.caEnglish
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      25 days ago

      If you think thats weird you haven’t even scratched the surface on Zuck. He actually idolizes Emperor Augustus Caesar so much that he copied the guys haircut for most of his career. Behind the Bastards does a good job of highlighting it. If you want a quick readable version, here’s the first non paywalled article I could find. https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-fascinated-by-augustus-future-of-facebook-2018-9

    • StenSaksTapir@feddit.dkEnglish
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      6 days ago

      He’s not doing those roman salutes in public yet, though.

      But it’s kinda funny that the oligarchs are so obsessed with Rome, famous for being a fallen empire, while enabling the fall of the US.

    • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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      25 days ago

      Roman empire, like the nordic pagan BS is also a (extreme) right-wing fetish.
      So glad to see our new PM celebrating his election win like this:

          • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            25 days ago

            Agreed. But if you’re going to fixate on one era, you could do a lot worse than Roman history.

            Other cool eras to fixate on:

            • Joseon Dynasty and Sejong the Great in Korea
            • Chola Empire - naval empire before navies were really a thing
            • Ethiopian Empire - somehow survived with strong empire neighbors

            There’s a lot of really cool history, Roman history is extra cool though since you can see so much of it in Europe.

            • DavesNotHere@lemm.eeEnglish
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              25 days ago

              You can also hear it every day if you’re an English speaker. The Roman conquest of England greatly affected the English language.

              • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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                25 days ago

                Yes but I can’t let this chance go by to piss off the English and say they’re a German colony, the country they love to hate.
                Speak a germanic language.
                England, literally land of the Angle. Where are the Angle from? And who’s the other part of the Anglo-Saxons?
                Ruled by…The Windsors? Doesn’t sound right.
                Or did they change their Von Saxen-Gotha name for some mysterious reason in 1914?

                • DavesNotHere@lemm.eeEnglish
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                  11 days ago

                  Englishmen: We’ve been invaded and occupied for centuries by sooo many different nation states. Which one are you again?