Downfall memes have all but disappeared, but they are now a far closer approximation of reality than anybody could have imagined possible when they were in vogue
Photo: Andrew Spear/Getty Images Scott Tracey, a BP oil refinery technician in Western Australia, was fired for creating a Downfall parody video as part of a pay dispute. The firm charged the parody “draws a parallel between Hitler and his officers, on the one hand, and [the refinery manager] on the other.” Australia’s Fair Work Commission agreed. And so the law — or at least Australian labor law — has officially deemed Downfall parody videos to be accusations of Nazism.
The culture has long since moved on from Downfall . The internet has cycled through several generations of memes in the intervening years, from a dog calmly sipping coffee in a burning house to biker dudes shouting at each other. Given the speed of online discourse, Downfall parodies today feel as antiquated as the events of the film.
And not only is the president an erratic, compulsively dishonest demagogic nationalist with an instinctive loathing for democracy, he is also prone to the sort of behavior depicted in the famous Downfall scene where Hitler berates his aides for a predicament Hitler himself has created. Episodes like this now appear in the news every week.
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