The Resurrection of a Political Meme Style

The DeSantis campaign shared an ad featuring a figure with glowing laser eyes. Laser eye memes started in the early 2010s, originally referencing video games like Mass Effect 2. Glowing laser eyes on various fascistic political figures became a staple of Fashwave during the rise of the alt-right around 2016 to 2018. This episode will look at how this meme style has been adopted by politicians and is becoming more common.