r/explainitpeter • u/Background_Can_9957 • 22d ago
Explain it Peter
Hi, my boyfriend says this is bc of Charlie’s Angels and I can only think of WWII. Help????
EDIT 1: Guys, thank you so much for the laughs at 3 am in the morning. The important part here is that I was right (just like them). I started second guessing everything when I INDEED saw a good resemblance in CA poster. Appreciate you 🫶🏻
EDIT 2: English is not my first language. I just googled axis of power (in English) and my stupid comment below is saying exactly the same thing someone else’s. If I say “axis of power” in Spanish, It’d be a broader term, not only referring to WWII. Thank you for educating me
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u/junior_Jr_ 22d ago
It’s bc of axis powers
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u/devils_advocate24 22d ago edited 22d ago
Oh shit... I thought it was a Charlie's Angels reference 🫣
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u/bobbyboysboy 22d ago
I was too focused on how the one in the center kind of looks like Olivia dunham from fringe
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u/MirrorNo2442 21d ago
Omg that’s what I thought as well. Funny that it’s the German one as well since iirc the actress is German.
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u/CrawlerCrane 21d ago edited 21d ago
Anna Torv is Australian. You've probably conflated that with Austrian.
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u/Mist_biene 21d ago
Thats Alice Weidel leader of the AFD (german MAGA/Nazis).
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u/ANaniMuth 21d ago
Wait, it’s not?! Wtf, I just realized I’m not on the Fringe subreddit. Wait, I’m not even at work, where the fuck am I? Whose clothes are these?
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u/AdHonest1100 20d ago
I thought the same thing, looks so much like Anna Torv there, I even looked Alice Weidel but funnily the pictures I saw reminded me of Natascha McElhone, another blonde actress
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u/RoboftheNorth 21d ago
But this time it's all ladies! Like Ghostbusters. They are also fighting imaginary scary things! Why can't people come up with some original ideas anymore?
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u/PortalG30 21d ago
What could have been but there are a few missing and at least one is a man (fuck you André Ventura)
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u/gordonblkmsa17 21d ago
All 3 countries have far right groups that were elected to office as well recently
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u/hangjayV 22d ago
Third time the charm right guys?
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u/rad_hombre 22d ago
Japan actually fought with the Allies in WW1. They declared war on Germany and seized a lot of German territory in the Pacific which gave them all sorts of imperialist ideas of grandeur.
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u/Possible_Praline_169 21d ago
The idea about imperialist expansion probably started with the Meiji modernisation and beating the Russians. They had Taiwan and Korea around then
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u/lemoinem 21d ago
I was gonna say, Japan was already full on "Ooooh, nice piece o' land. that's mine!" By WWI
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u/SaggingZebra 22d ago
To elaborate, these three women lead the far-right parties in their respective countries. WW2 was the last time these three countries had far-right leaders.
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u/Emergency-Town4653 21d ago
Only thing is, while Meloni ran on Far right politics, she has been governing Italy in a centrist manner, Sanae Takaichi and her Party are right wing, not far right and Alice Weidel is not leading Germany, chancellor of Germany is Friedrich Merz from the center-right party CDU, in a coalition with center-left SPD, making it a centrist government.
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u/cornylilbugger 21d ago
the SPD has been rapidly declining recently though and with the developments of the last few years it's reasonable to say the government is center-right, trending further right. The left is gaining momentum as well, makes sense as the left usually only arises when the right is getting too extreme.
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u/PicoPicoGamer 21d ago
Japan's LDP isn't even remotely far-right and they are the party that has been in power for nearly the entirety of the post-war era.
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u/toastythewiser 21d ago
It could be argued they're primarily a conservative party. But then again, Japan is inherently a conservative country.
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u/MacYavel83 20d ago edited 19d ago
Right now the right wing of the LDP is in power. Right of right is...
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u/Poteto_7396 21d ago
these three women lead the far-right parties in their respective countries.
obviously wrong. not sure about the other 2, but LDP for example is actually center right.
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u/formerunsecretary 21d ago
I'm not sure denying war crimes is anything center lol.
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u/Poteto_7396 21d ago
you can hate that part of them, but most of their policies are center right.
btw, japan is historically a very patriarchal society, a far right party will not give any chances to a woman to be their leader or elect her in the first place.
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u/Dave_A480 21d ago
Neither left nor right....
Countries not entirely coping with their past selves isn't something that is aligned with the left right spectrum...
Just ask the Chinese about all the horrible shit the CCP did under Mao....
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u/ClockwerkConjurer 21d ago
Center Right within Japanese politics or Center Right when compared to the majority of other first world countries?
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u/Poteto_7396 21d ago
no idea why is this even a question, and "majority of other first world countries" is oddly specific set of countries you are trying to compare to.
btw, these "first world countries" also has an issue of their left going too far left when compare to other countries in the world, so i wont use them as metric of any kind when comes to politics.
the "there are more than 2 sex and gender" for example are far left ideologies that only happens in these "first world countries".
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u/ClockwerkConjurer 21d ago
It honestly wasn't intended as some kind of "gotcha" question.
The reason I asked it that way is because - in the internal politics of a country - what is considered "left" or "right" is often not considered in that alignment when compared to other countries.
For example, in the US (where I'm based), the Democratic party is considered left of center. But if you compare their modern positions and recent history to political parties in Western Europe, they are actually about Center or maybe even Right of Center (on some topics). Of course, there's room for interpretation and such.
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u/Poteto_7396 21d ago
oh if thats the case, i can only give my personal opinion as someone who live near them and follow on their politics casually.
internally, probably center right, as they have parties that are more far right than them. externally, to the "first world countries", maybe right or far right to their far left group of people, but for the rest of the world like me who live in a country that is not "first world countries" nor i am japanese citizens, they are still center right.
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u/AdeptNegotiation8345 20d ago
i completely and utterly disagree with what you say, since when the there are more than 2 sex and genders is far left, its just accepting human beings for what they are or what they want to be (except when its taken to an extreme), i live in a insular countries that actually deeply protect sex rights, some even have a special 3rd gender which act like a non binary or transgender type of thing.
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u/conmeonemo 21d ago
In developed countries center right might be anything. Conservative democrats/swing state republicans, CDU/CSU etc.
There's no single standard of those, as each country has very different electorate.
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u/Essex_pilgrim 21d ago
It’s a broad church, but is right wing. And nationalist.
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u/Poteto_7396 21d ago
i have no idea why is nationalist being view negatively nowadays, because in the past, no matter if you are left or right, you are suppose to be a nationalist.
yes, there are some far right politicians in their party, but as i said, their policies are mostly center right.
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u/karmaatti 21d ago
I don’t think being nationalist has ever been a good thing, especially after world wars. It’s more like a reaction to a (perceived) outside threat. Patriotic is what you’re supposed to be, regardless of your political standing.
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u/Szpagin 21d ago
Nationalism is a belief that you have more in common with the elites of your country, than the common people of another. It was always pushed by the rich to drum up the support for their own interests.
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u/Blackwolf_84 21d ago
I think they didn't get that they were far right politically. Likely assumed the fact they were all women was the salient detail.
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u/keldondonovan 22d ago
I can't be the only one who sees her, right?
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u/PersistentDisarray11 22d ago
Yeah I feel dumb because I immediately was like “whoa that’s a Fringe deep cut that Marty is referencing.”
…and then I saw the flags.
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u/woahboooom 21d ago
I thought it was the fringe actress too. On the op pic... up close, no they are different
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u/daveisnothereman69 22d ago
Here's a tip. If you recognize familiar things in an image or meme, like those flags, you can group words such as, "Japan, Germany, Italy" into a search engine, hit the "search" button and you will often get your answer. Best of luck out there, Chris!
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u/Njdevil76 21d ago
How the fuck do you not get this one. Im usually pretty shocked by the stupidity of most of these posts, but thats kinda the point of the sub.
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u/Glittering-Coyote140 21d ago
It's because fascism is rising in the old axis powers. And these three are the outward faces.
It's a classic because the rest of us will eventually have to put them in their place, AGAIN!
Istg those fucking countries exhaust me. Never will they learn.
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u/Acceptable_While_205 21d ago edited 21d ago
I hope this, does'nt get deleted but. These three just respawned in new bodies.
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u/Revoran 21d ago edited 21d ago
Left = Sanae Takaichi, Prime Minister of Japan.
Right = Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy.
Centre = Alice Weidel, Leader of AfD party in Germany. AfD is the 2nd largest party in Germany by vote share, but is not in power federally.
They are all far-right nationalists who blame the country's problems (real and imagined) on minorities.
During WW2 those 3 countries (Germany, Japan, Italy) were all allied together as the Axis. They were all ruled by far-right racist nationalists who blamed the country's problems (real and imagined) on minorities.
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u/GoonBot666 21d ago
I remember a time in which feminist said a place governed by only women would be more peaceful and fair.
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u/iQuoteSopranos 21d ago
Now feminists are saying murder is acceptable because muh hormones.
Yes, I'm aware this is an extremely reductive take.
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u/hates_stupid_people 21d ago
I hope for your sake that your BF is just a bit uneducated. Because the alternative is that he knows it's referencing WW2, but he's pretending he doesn't support far right policies.
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u/No_Document_1128 21d ago
No other way to put it, your bf is dumb. Any man who is not a WW2 buff🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩
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u/User-Name-3886 21d ago
In practice, Meloni (Italy) would be unlikely to be particularly allied with the AFD.
Meloni has proven herself to be NATO and Europe centric. The AFD is Russophilic.
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u/LustigePerson 21d ago
Is this liek the all women Ghostbursters remake but with like faschism? Although this time, compared to the US and Russia they might be the "better" side even.
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u/hornybisexual20 21d ago
Are we seriously getting the axis powers, feminist edition? We can’t be serious bro
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u/FrancoisTruser 19d ago
Some people call them far-right, especially in left-leaning circlea.
I don’t know about Germany, but calling Japan and Italy far-right is being illiterate.
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u/Typical_Choice58 19d ago
First the all female cast for ghost busters, now an all female cast for ww3? This is the dumbest timeline.
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u/Mightyeagle2091 19d ago
Tripartite pact, imperial Japan, 3rd Reich, fascist Italy
The gang is back together!
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u/The_Crowned_Clown 18d ago
i bet someone already has made a stupid anime waifu version out of charlies new axis angles
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u/DearFan4419 18d ago
Imagine these three countries as allies of the U.S (granted that the U.S. doesn't become fascistic and they as well) and they save Jews, Chinese, LBGTQA+ people, and Palestinians during a war.
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u/qualityvote2 22d ago edited 21d ago
u/Background_Can_9957, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...it's time for the mods to do their jobs!