derangement a populist movement against caesar is formed, initially by immigrants who are buttmad that caesar demolished some slums and intends to build something great. the movement later starts being mara (make rome great again) and it's obvious coppola has tds because a swastika tree stump is the gayest way of saying "these guys are bad!" but while it's intent may very well be "orange man bad," it's actually jon voight's character who is more trump-like: old, simps for younger woman, remarries, cares about business, loving parent but does not approve of long woman-like hair, overcomes an attempt to get fucked over, etc. even the way he talks is very trump like.  clodio on the other hand is a total degenerate. possibly sleeping with his sister. long hair. troons out during his father's wedding. insane seething over his galaxy-brained cousin. he even allies with the angry immigrants, which makes zero sense for a character who is probably supposed to represent trump. outside of being the son of a rich guy (who remains richer than him), and i guess him being "from queens," there's nothing trump like about him. so even if we assume the author is fully saying "this guy is trump," it simply does not work whereas voight's character, who is eventually honored as "the generous," is much closer.  despite the possible intent to be jan 6 or unite the right, clodio's populist movement is a lot closer to blm and antifa than anything from the right. unfortunately when caesar opens up megalopolis the mindless masses seem to be wowed when realistically, they would have done what leftists do: loot, burn down, and destroy. but like i said, boomers tend to believe stuff like "x made an inspirational speech that changed the world." but gotta give coppola credit, there was no election that resolved any conflict in the movie. (cont'd)
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