Monday, September 17, 2018

A meme, not an empire



A review of a fake flag sold by Amazon.

This flag is probably a well-intentioned joke (or dank meme). Koenraadistan doesn't exist, and the term "freien demokratur" means "free fake democracy" in Dutch, Flamish or German. I've found two mavericks on the web named Koenraad whom I first suspected might have something to do with this banner, one a controversial scholar of comparative religion with Hindu nationalist sympathies, and the other a Traditionalist and supporter of the New Right. I mean, just the kind of guys you expect to pull a stunt like this, right? However, I now suspect that the real mover and shaker behind "Koenraadistan" is one Benutzer Koenraad, who registered the flag design on Wiki Commons as his own work. Ha, busted! Originally, I assumed we were dealing with some kind of revanschist German settler movement in Namibia, so I suppose Mr Benutzer had me fooled for about three minutes or so. He he, no hard feelings.

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