Pulled. Now I just have to fix the tag.
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edited 22nd Mar '11 4:57:11 AM by Deboss
Fight smart, not fair.You have to point it at the actual page to get the tag to show up on the page. You pointed it at the redirect, which will take you to the page from the forum, but won't put a tag at the top of the page.
Fight smart, not fair.Well, a propaganda poster
could always work, but I'd prefer one that a) displays the trope better and b) is in English.
This
◊, or something similar, with the caption "Daily life in North Korea."?
One could argue that it's the real-life equivalent of JAFAAC, but really... Would anyone believe a poster like that?
edited 22nd Mar '11 1:20:57 PM by ArtisticPlatypus
This implies, quite correctly, that my mind is dark and damp and full of tiny translucent fish.The problem with that one (and the ones I linked) is that the actual trope - a country being named something like "People's Democratic Social Republic of Glorious Happy Fun Land" and turning out to be a brutal totalitarianism - is not being shown. Perhaps with the caption:
How about a contrast image? A juxtaposition of propaganda poster with a real life image to show the utmost difference? Can't think of any examples of how this could work though :-/
I don't like the transformers image myself though. If it all fails, maybe we could try for a propaganda image that is clearly Blatant Lies.
http://chineseposters.net/themes/index.php
has a lot of Chinese posters. Surely one of them has gotta fir the criteria?
http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=1833
Here's a nice little diagram that I think would fit the page.
Crown Description:
Nominations for replacement images:


Stumbled across this one, and it's just a picture of the overly-decorated Supreme Military Commander, President-for-Life, and King of Kings Abdul Fakkadi representing the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya from Transformers Generation 1 with his Commissar Cap and a caption explaining who they are and what they want.
That doesn't show anything about the country this guy represents, or it's supposed "People's Republic" who is actually ruled by a dictatorship.
As much as I'd rather NOT suggest this, looking through the examples on the page, there is a map
in Order Of The Stick showing the "People's Democratic Dictatorship" and "Dictatoria"... though the wording is far too small to make a proper picture out of.
I'm thinking it might be best to leave pictureless unless someone can find a better map with a more legible example pinned on it.
edited 21st Mar '11 11:21:36 PM by DRCEQ