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23. 'What the Far Right Fascination With Pinochet's Death Squads Should Tell Us'

"When Trumpists use images of the 'Hoppean Snake,' offering 'free helicopter rides,' they’re advocating a program of extermination."

"AMONG THE PANOPLY of bizarre memes that far-right extremists flash at Trump rallies and share obsessively online, one of the more disturbing for its frightening historical reference is that of the 'Hoppean Snake.' The image typically consists of a coiled serpent sporting the officer’s cap of notorious Chilean Gen. Augusto Pinochet. In the background fly childlike depictions of helicopters from which stick figures are jettisoned to their death, crying 'Aaaahhh' in a barely legible scrawl. In one of its many variants, the snake-as-Pinochet proclaims with a sardonic smirk, 'I’m evil for throwing people out of helicopters? False. Commies aren’t people.' It’s unclear why Pinochet is depicted as a snake, though it may be inspired by the recalcitrant snake on the Gadsden flag that warns 'Don’t Tread on Me.'"

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/04/pinochet-far-right-hoppean-snake/