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infmom
08/05/09

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I actually have a copy of that first poster with its original caption "Library books are free." It'd be just as subversive in the age of the RIAA.
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Klebert L. Hall
08/05/09

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I get really tired of the modern re-hash of the whole "information is the weapon of the future" thing. The old-time Communists were big on that crap too, but oddly enough, they still needed lots of guys with rifles (etc.) to win wars.
-Kle.
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galatea2.2
08/06/09

@Klebert L. Hall: You're missing the point. This isn't about weapons of the future. These are modernized American propaganda posters from WWII. For instance, "Loose Tweets Sink Fleets" is a variation on the very real, "Loose Lips Sink Ships"...be careful what you say lest the enemy learn something vital. These posters are playing with modern modes of communication as they might have been applied in the past.
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Cygnus_Mal
08/04/09

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How ironically appropriate what with the Marines banning social networking this week.
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Gann
08/05/09

@Cygnus_Mal: Not to mention t he San Diego Chargers fining a player for tweeting about the food at training camp.
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LiC
08/04/09

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I love the classic WW2 propaganda posters. I've got one, of Hitler, on my dining room wall. My roommates aren't pleased with it - and besides White Pride adherents, who's got a picture of Hitler on their wall?
But it's AWESOME!
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
08/04/09

@LiC: My Russian roommate put up vintage soviet-era propaganda posters in our apartment. They make great conversation pieces. Mostly the conversation was along the lines of "what does that say?".
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
08/04/09

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Isn't the Rockwell one still copyrighted by his estate? Lawyers may be a-comin'.
The anti-tweet and blog ones are wonderful updates.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
08/04/09

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Now I know what image to send a friend that tweets every fraking thought in his day.
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Chip Overclock
08/04/09

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The Normal Rockwell poster on Freedom of Speech is a classic. I get a little misty every time I see it. Nice re-purposing.

I like the Rosie the Riveter poster too: while Pa Overclock was serving on the U.S.S. Yorktown in the Pacific, the woman who after the war would become Ma Overclock was working as a riveter on a Grumman plant in Columbus Ohio making Hellcats.
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SinisterBill
08/04/09

@Chip Overclock: Wow, cool that your dad served on the Yorktown, but your mom built fricking Hellcats?! Awesome!
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Chip Overclock
08/04/09

@SinisterBill: It probably wasn't really that unusual for that generation. But I was pretty old before I realized my parents were actually kinda awesome. It's all part of my supervillain origin story.
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Mortimer Gray
08/05/09

@Chip Overclock: Wow. Every time you get a bit autobiographical on here you talk about some really interesting things. +1 for filling io9 with some great comments.
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RandomFrequentFlierDent
08/04/09

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Ha! One of the books in the Wikipedia poster is "Megan Fox". It's good to know what we'd be fighting for.
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captnkunuckles
08/04/09

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The "we can do it" one doesnt look like anything changed.
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Lauren Davis
08/04/09

@captnkunuckles: Look very closely at the collar, then check out Reddit.
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