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Connotations aside, using a well worn slogan 8 years later is uninspired. This makes it very ironic.

AnimalMuppet 2y ago
It's even more ironic when Trump uses it. Like, weren't you supposed to do that 8 years ago? What happened? You didn't do it? Why should we think you'll do it this time? I mean, I guess it's become like a brand name. But if you think about it for a minute, it's carrying a subtext that Trump failed last time.
kibwen 2y ago
> well worn slogan 8 years later is uninspired Ironic considering that "Let's Make America Great Again" was Ronald Reagan's campaign slogan in 1980.
- UberFly 2y ago
  Bill Clinton too I believe.
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- DougN7 2y ago
  And Hitler used it too.
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  - codetrotter 2y ago
    > What's True > A prominent theme during the Nazi Party's ascendancy was restoring Germany to its former greatness, and Adolf Hitler used the phrase "make Germany great again" upon occasion. > What's False > "Make Germany Great Again" was not a (campaign) slogan employed by Hitler, and Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler are far from the only politicians who promised to make their countries "great again." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/make-germany-great-again/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/make-germany-great-again/
  - michpoch 2y ago
    Hitler wanted to make America Great Again? He kinda succeeded…
3836293648 2y ago
Wasn't Thatcher the first? And Make Britain Great Again is so much better than America/Europe/literally anything that doesn't have great in its name
- bryanrasmussen 2y ago
  It's true, as an acronym MBGA just slips off the tongue.
  - toyg 2y ago
    It's fun to stay at the EEEEEM BE GEE AY, It's fun to stay at the EEEEM BE GEE AY...
  - rainsil 2y ago
    That’s a good thing. Expanded slogans have object-level meanings. Acronyms just stand as identity markers, and are much easier to dismiss. It’s harder to argue against “Make America Great Again” or “Black Lives Matter”. Their object-level meanings are fairly anodyne and positive. It’s much easier to argue against “MAGA” or “BLM”, since the meaning is obscured by the acronym. Political movements with nice slogans should avoid turning them into acronyms.
  - defrost 2y ago
    The rebuttal from The Beat flowed I see no joy I see only sorrow I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow So stand down Margaret Stand down please

It's even more ironic when Trump uses it. Like, weren't you supposed to do that 8 years ago? What happened? You didn't do it? Why should we think you'll do it this time? I mean, I guess it's become like a brand name. But if you think about it for a minute, it's carrying a subtext that Trump failed last time.

kibwen 2y ago

> well worn slogan 8 years later is uninspired Ironic considering that "Let's Make America Great Again" was Ronald Reagan's campaign slogan in 1980.

UberFly 2y ago
Bill Clinton too I believe.
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DougN7 2y ago
And Hitler used it too.
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- codetrotter 2y ago
  > What's True > A prominent theme during the Nazi Party's ascendancy was restoring Germany to its former greatness, and Adolf Hitler used the phrase "make Germany great again" upon occasion. > What's False > "Make Germany Great Again" was not a (campaign) slogan employed by Hitler, and Donald Trump and Adolf Hitler are far from the only politicians who promised to make their countries "great again." https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/make-germany-great-again/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/make-germany-great-again/
- michpoch 2y ago
  Hitler wanted to make America Great Again? He kinda succeeded…

3836293648 2y ago

Wasn't Thatcher the first? And Make Britain Great Again is so much better than America/Europe/literally anything that doesn't have great in its name

bryanrasmussen 2y ago
It's true, as an acronym MBGA just slips off the tongue.
- toyg 2y ago
  It's fun to stay at the EEEEEM BE GEE AY, It's fun to stay at the EEEEM BE GEE AY...
- rainsil 2y ago
  That’s a good thing. Expanded slogans have object-level meanings. Acronyms just stand as identity markers, and are much easier to dismiss. It’s harder to argue against “Make America Great Again” or “Black Lives Matter”. Their object-level meanings are fairly anodyne and positive. It’s much easier to argue against “MAGA” or “BLM”, since the meaning is obscured by the acronym. Political movements with nice slogans should avoid turning them into acronyms.
- defrost 2y ago
  The rebuttal from The Beat flowed I see no joy I see only sorrow I see no chance of your bright new tomorrow So stand down Margaret Stand down please