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Egypt just got big brother’d to levels we’ve never seen

This meme uses the popular "man leaning forward in an office chair" template. It shows two iterations of the same generic male character: a faded smaller version in the back overlaid with a small Argentina flag, and a larger, bolder version in front overlaid with a larger Argentina flag. A blue arrow points from the smaller faded figure to the larger one, with the text "79'" (referring to 1979, the era of Argentina's authoritarian military junta known for extreme state surveillance and repression, colloquially called "Big Brother" control) next to the arrow. The meme draws a comparison, claiming that current levels of state surveillance and authoritarian control in Egypt have surpassed even the extreme levels seen in 1979 Argentina.
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This meme uses the popular "man leaning forward in an office chair" template. It shows two iterations of the same generic male character: a faded smaller version in the back overlaid with a small Argentina flag, and a larger, bolder version in front overlaid with a larger Argentina flag. A blue arrow points from the smaller faded figure to the larger one, with the text "79'" (referring to 1979, the era of Argentina's authoritarian military junta known for extreme state surveillance and repression, colloquially called "Big Brother" control) next to the arrow. The meme draws a comparison, claiming that current levels of state surveillance and authoritarian control in Egypt have surpassed even the extreme levels seen in 1979 Argentina.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It is a remixed edit of the widely circulated "leaning forward office chair guy" meme template, modified to add Argentina flags and 1979 reference to make a political point about authoritarian control in Egypt.

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