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Man of steel
Soviet leader Josef Stalin. “His
portrait is seen everywhere, his name
is on everyone’s lips, and praise of him
occurs in every public speech,” wrote
André Gide. “Is all this the result of
worship, love or fear? Who can say?”
Æa Tragic absurdity
Yakov Guminer’s propaganda
poster of 1931 proclaims that
‘2+2=5’, inspiring workers to
complete the Five Year Plan
a year early. Orwell used this
idea in Nineteen Eighty-FourWill to power 5
Adolf Hitler speaks at the 1936
Nuremberg rally. The Nazis
used the führer’s cult of
personality as a
tactic to control
the German
populace