The uniforms were inspired by Starship Troopers, a 1997 space epic about a future Earth governed by a fascist regime that wages war against giant alien bugs
Yeah - I’ve now seen that Trump was directly drawing influence from starship troopers. That’s even more disturbing because I’d say starship troopers was way more ham-fisted about being an analogy for Nazi germany than star wars was.
There’s a style to autocratic regimes where the dress uniforms tend to be exaggerated and modern, whereas western democracies tend to display regimental history and use softer stylings. One wants to project power and central authority the other peace, cooperation, and historical influence.
Starship troopers anyone?
Star Wars and Starship Troopers were both trying to recreate the old SS uniforms, which is exactly what this is. Same influences and source material.
Yeah - I’ve now seen that Trump was directly drawing influence from starship troopers. That’s even more disturbing because I’d say starship troopers was way more ham-fisted about being an analogy for Nazi germany than star wars was.
TBH the bad guys in scifi usually have their uniforms modeled after Nazi uniforms…and this was very on purpose…so you knew who the bad guys were
There’s a style to autocratic regimes where the dress uniforms tend to be exaggerated and modern, whereas western democracies tend to display regimental history and use softer stylings. One wants to project power and central authority the other peace, cooperation, and historical influence.
They sure had some nice uniforms though.