Why Gen Z Conservatives Are Turning Anakin Skywalker Into A Political Icon
The Anakin Skywalker right-wing zoomer meme is the kind of subject cultural anthropologists will be studying a century from now to understand politics in the last gasp of the Trump era. For weeks now, images of Anakin Skywalker, the fallen
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The Anakin Skywalker right-wing zoomer meme is the kind of subject cultural anthropologists will be studying a century from now to understand politics in the last gasp of the Trump era. For weeks now, images of Anakin Skywalker, the fallen hero of the “Star Wars” prequels who becomes Darth Vader, have dominated conservative spaces online.
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