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[–] mriormro@lemm.ee 6 points 6 hours ago

More ai bullshit. This isn't a comic.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

None of them were JUST following orders. They absolutely take pride and pleasure in doing what they do.

Also you forgot the IDF

[–] cheribbit@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

very upsetting to find out this comic is ai generated. i wanted to comment on how people like comparing the current us regime to Nazi Germany but never seem to realize that the us itself was founded on the genocide of the Indigenous Peoples.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Why? This is a political comic making a point.

Being able to draw doesn't mean you have good political takes, and vice versa

[–] cheribbit@lemmy.world 0 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

as far as i'm concerned all image generative ai does is steal other people's labour with no compensation or recognition.

(text generative ai that generates "stories" fits in this category too)

if one very badly wants to make a point in the form of a political comic, then commission an artist instead.

[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

If you really wanted to make a valid point, you should have submitted a handwritten letter.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 0 points 8 hours ago

It's not a zero sum game - the real problem is when it's competing with paid work

Commissioning an artist to do this is imaginary work - there's no money to be made here, who commissions a political comic? If you can't draw, you wouldn't be doing it

There's a problem if you're mass producing slop, or companies are using AI art to avoid paying artists... But this was a clear, human created message delivered by using a fancy tool

And what's more, this is an important message to spread ASAP.

Can you name a better situation to use Gen image AI, or do you just hate it because of what it is?

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 19 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of them are at KKK meetings in their spare time. They wanted this job.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 10 points 15 hours ago

Yeah, I know an ICE agent. He’s a real piece of MAGA racist shit.

[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It's the same in every sector where people are dependent on following orders to eat and house themselves. Health insurance in america isn't any different. People are forced to be assholes to each other just to feed themselves and it's a symptom of how business businesses.

[–] vfreire85@lemmy.ml 12 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

nobody takes responsibility, nobody's got a conscience. and in fact as someone said here, some of these agents wanted to receive these orders anyway.

also, f*ck a.i.

[–] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 16 hours ago

AI generated image, not a comic

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 51 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

None of these people used the "I'm just following orders" until they were in handcuffs. They didn't give a fuck before then.

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 40 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

AI image generation has come a long way.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (3 children)

This is ai? I can't find any obvious tells...

There's some weirdness with eyes and the little boy I guess

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 11 points 19 hours ago

Yes, the SS logo is different on both sides (and wrong), the daughter looks exactly like the mom and other tells. Hence my F AI comment (that was down voted).

[–] reev@sh.itjust.works 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

There's weird details on some of the fingers that an artist probably wouldn't put there (just extra lines, no extra fingers), the text is pretty telltale of the new GPT image generation but the most clear way to tell is the SS on the collar and the piece on the hat.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 16 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

The guy holding the native American guy isn't really holding onto anything

[–] Pili@lemmy.ml 6 points 15 hours ago

It's hard to tell without motion but he's actually passionately stroking his braid.

[–] arken@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

Plus the kid's face...

[–] gurnu@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago

They all look the same because it's been trained so. Wonder how many artists have had their work stolen so some CEO's can churn money on AI...

[–] tocano@lemmy.today 6 points 15 hours ago

I'd argue agents often participate willingly because they are conditioned to view the people as enemies threatening their lives. The phrase "just following orders" is used afterwards to ease guilt and shift responsibility.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Name a time in history where cops were on the right side of a social issue? I'll wait....

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 7 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Every us-backed coup, if they went against it

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 29 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

You'd think that Americans being represented more than the Germans would be telling...

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The Germans learned from us.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And USA learned it from the British.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

My argument would be that Indian reservations were concentration camps, although they predate the use of the term.

I'm aware the Spanish did it in Cuba in the late 1800's, and the British did during the Boer war, but were the British doing it in advance of the relocation of Native Americans started by the US in 1830?

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Britains first colonial project was Ireland, which began around 1169 and intensified into the 1500s. They still occupy a part of the island and killings of unarmed civilians (sometimes children, sometimes shot in the back) are still being investigated and prosecuted.

[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Colonizing and occupying the island, and even killing the residents wouldn't be the same as establishing concentration camps.

I'm not familiar with the details of the British occupation of Ireland, but the earliest I can find instances of people being put in camps is in the 1920's

Did Britain create some form of concentration camps before then?

Edit: it is such a fucked up thing to be claiming "credit" for.

The island was so small that it was a camp itself, just referred to as Ireland. I can understand how that could be missed in a relative brief search.

It was heavily surveilled, controlled and garrisoned with similar abuse and exploitation that Native Americans faced. So the name and presentation is different maybe, but it’s essentially the same.

Later there were further camps called internment camps and prison camps. You’ll find reference to these around the time of the 1798 rebellion.

Yeah these dudes signed up hoping to get these orders

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 9 points 21 hours ago

The Banality of Evil at work.

[–] Fungah@lemmy.world 0 points 16 hours ago

"yes" is the most dangerous word in the English language.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago

Include the Louisiana prison warden.