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| "To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red"** by Grant E. Hamilton | 1885*** |
[sms: A prescient vision of the 2020s from 1885 AD?]
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** Red is often associated with the left, especially socialism and communism.[2] The oldest symbol of socialism (and by extension communism) is the Red Flag, which dates back to the French Revolution in the 18th century [remember the blood] and the revolutions of 1848. Before this nascence, the colour red was generally associated with monarchy or the Church due to the symbolism and association of Christ's blood. The colour red was chosen to represent the blood of the workers who died in the struggle against capitalism. All major socialist and communist alliances and organisations—including the First, Second, Third and Fourth Internationals—used red as their official colour. The association between the colour red and communism is particularly strong. Communists use red much more often and more extensively than other ideologies use their respective traditional colours. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_colour
However, in this blogger's view, red is the color of the Domination System — a system that has initiated. in every age. bloody revolutions under faux agendas of achieving a greater, more perfect good — agendas of hypocrisy far from exclusive to the Left or to socialism or communism. See also Utopians at the (Open) Gates: https://dejavu-times.blogspot.com/2021/01/utopians-at-open-gates.html
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Attribution: Grant E. Hamilton, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Description: "To begin with, 'I'll paint the town red", by Grant E. Hamilton, The Judge vol. 7, 31 January 1885.
Cartoon from the magazine "The Judge". "Democracy" is portrayed as the devil holding a bucket labeled "Bourbon Principles" and a paintbrush (in which appears a profile caricature of Grover Cleveland), both dripping red paint with which he plans to "paint the town"; he is standing on a wall overlooking a view of Washington, D.C. showing mostly government buildings, some already flying red flags: "Pension Dep't", "White House", "U.S. Treasur", "War Dep't".
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%22I%27ll_paint_the_town_red%22,_political_cartoon,_1885.jpg
Grant E. Hamilton: American, 19th century, male illustrator. Contributor to publications in New York (the Graphic , the Judge and Leslie's Weekly). Born 16 August 1862 Youngstown, Died: Los Angeles, 1926. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65964158
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_%28magazine%29