THE TIMES ON  Z AS A DESIGNATION FOR NAZIS

ORIGINAL POST ON APRIL 19

For those who have yet to understand the depth and complexity of the cryptocracy under which we live, this tweet will help:

1973 Soviet film where kids in a sub named “Neptune” discover a sunken warship and thinking it a pirate ship initially, note the marking “Z-29” on the side and note “only fascists use the letter Z!”. One child is dressed in Ukrainian colors. Wild. #moskva #SlavaUkraini #Neptune

[April 17]

And then there’s this in the film, The Grand Budapest Hotel [2014]:

The double-ZZ symbol meant to be a riff on the Nazi’s swastika was referred to on set as “the zig zags.” Wes Anderson doodled “thousands” of variations during pre-production.