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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · Feb 16

"Probably one of the most significant works of public political art of the 21st century so far . . . "

#FlatEmperor
#NakedEmperor
#RUSSIANUNDERPANTS

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2025

walls360.com/flatemperor

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2m

PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE
CULTIVATES EXTERNAL ALLIES

BLOCKS VALIDATION + ASSIGNS GUILT
CREATES THE ALTERNATIVES
TAKES THE FOCUS

REMOVES THEIR IDENTITY
REJECTS THEIR REALITY
RESISTS THEIR WILL

OWNERLESS IDEAS
NETWORKED HOPE

HOW TO DIS MANTLE A DICTATOR SHIP
AMERICAN SPRING MADE IN USA 2025

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 3m

PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE
CULTIVATES EXTERNAL ALLIES

BLOCKS VALIDATION + ASSIGNS GUILT
CREATES THE ALTERNATIVES
TAKES THE FOCUS

REMOVES THEIR IDENTITY
REJECTS THEIR REALITY
RESISTS THEIR WILL

OWNERLESS IDEAS
NETWORKED HOPE

HOW TO DIS MANTLE A DICTATOR SHIP
AMERICAN SPRING MADE IN USA 2025

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 5m

PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE
CULTIVATES EXTERNAL ALLIES

BLOCKS VALIDATION + ASSIGNS GUILT
CREATES THE ALTERNATIVES
TAKES THE FOCUS

REMOVES THEIR IDENTITY
REJECTS THEIR REALITY
RESISTS THEIR WILL

OWNERLESS IDEAS
NETWORKED HOPE

HOW TO DIS MANTLE A DICTATOR SHIP
AMERICAN SPRING MADE IN USA 2025

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 6m

PROTECTS THE VULNERABLE
CULTIVATES EXTERNAL ALLIES

BLOCKS VALIDATION + ASSIGNS GUILT
CREATES THE ALTERNATIVES
TAKES THE FOCUS

REMOVES THEIR IDENTITY
REJECTS THEIR REALITY
RESISTS THEIR WILL

OWNERLESS IDEAS
NETWORKED HOPE

HOW TO DIS-MANTLE A DICTATORSHIP
AMERICAN SPRING MADE IN USA 2025

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 11m

“As soon as enough people realize the emperors have no clothes, it will collapse with incredible speed . . . "

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 27m

1: Remove their identity

2: Reject their reality

3: Resist their will

4: Block validation

5: Assign guilt

6: Protect the vulnerable

7: Cultivate external allies

8: Take the focus

9: Create the alternative

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 27m

1: Remove their identity

2: Reject their reality

3: Resist their will

4: Block validation

5: Assign guilt

6: Protect the vulnerable

7: Cultivate external allies

8: Take the focus

9: Create the alternative

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 28m

1: Remove their identity

2: Reject their reality

3: Resist their will

4: Block validation

5: Assign guilt

6: Protect the vulnerable

7: Cultivate external allies

8: Take the focus

9: Create the alternative

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 29m

1: Remove their identity

2: Reject their reality

3: Resist their will

4: Block validation

5: Assign guilt

6: Protect the vulnerable

7: Cultivate external allies

8: Take the focus

9: Create the alternative

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 29m

1: Remove their identity

2: Reject their reality

3: Resist their will

4: Block validation

5: Assign guilt

6: Protect the vulnerable

7: Cultivate external allies

8: Take the focus

9: Create the alternative

georgiebc.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/h...

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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · Sep 5

NETWORKED HOPE
OWNERLESS IDEAS

WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING NEW
RATHER THAN MERELY ANTITHETICAL

"Heather Marsh is a philosopher and activist whose work has been shaped by the early internet and worldwide social movements. She is working toward something new rather than merely antithetical . . . "

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John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 8d

WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING NEW
RATHER THAN MERELY ANTITHETICAL

"HEATHER MARSH IS A PHILOSOPHER AND ACTIVIST whose work has been shaped by the early internet and worldwide social movements. She is working toward something new rather than merely antithetical . . . "

NETWORKED HOPE
OWNERLESS IDEAS

Reposted by John Doffing

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 8d

WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING NEW
RATHER THAN MERELY ANTITHETICAL

"HEATHER MARSH IS A PHILOSOPHER AND ACTIVIST whose work has been shaped by the early internet and worldwide social movements. She is working toward something new rather than merely antithetical . . . "

NETWORKED HOPE
OWNERLESS IDEAS

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 35m

NETWORKED HOPE
OWNERLESS IDEAS

WORKING TOWARD SOMETHING NEW
RATHER THAN MERELY ANTITHETICAL

"Heather Marsh is a philosopher and activist whose work has been shaped by the early internet and worldwide social movements. She is working toward something new rather than merely antithetical . . . "

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 36m

"ALL IN ALL IS ALL WE ARE . . . "

"FROGS STRONGER TOGETHER . . . "

"ART AND TRUTH WIN FUTURE HISTORY . . . "

OWNERLESS IDEAS + CROWDSOURCED TRUTH

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2025

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 4h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

Reposted by John Doffing

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · Mar 6

Placing Art in Hotel Rooms
Can Yield Genuinely Surprising Results

hyperallergic.com/485229/felix...

"Felix has deep roots and is modeled after one of the most beloved self-made art organisms of the last 30 years: the original 1994 Gramercy Park Hotel . . . "

moranmorangallery.com/jerry-saltz-...

Placing Art in Hotel Rooms Can Yield Genuinely Surprising Results

At the inaugural Felix Art Fair in Los Angeles, visitors can weave in and out of the poolside rooms with relative ease, though expect the usual hustle-and-bustle feel of art commerce in action.

hyperallergic.com

Reposted by John Doffing

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · Feb 24

"Felix has deep roots and is modeled after one of the most beloved self-made art organisms of the last 30 years: the original 1994 Gramercy Park Hotel . . . "

MADE IN USA 2019
AMERICAN SPRING

moranmorangallery.com/jerry-saltz-...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 1h

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2026

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 1h

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2026

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2h

FAME // USA 1975

WAS NOT RECORDED AT
HANSA STUDIOS BERLIN

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f20t...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2h

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenrio...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h

Farmers grow what they grow because of farm policy.

We don’t need all the soy and corn that we grow, but those are the commodities that receive subsidies and markets.

If we want something better, if we want to heal the Earth and grow food, now is the time to do it.

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2h

"SAY TRUMP . . . "

"AIN'T YOU TIRED . . . "

"THE END OF AN ERROR . . . "

"AND BEST FRIENDS FOREVER . . . "

"AND THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG TIME . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6eK...

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2h

"SAY TRUMP . . . "

"AIN'T YOU TIRED . . . "

"THE END OF AN ERROR . . . "

"AND BEST FRIENDS FOREVER . . . "

"AND THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG TIME . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2026

John Doffing @johndoffing.bsky.social · 2h

"SAY TRUMP . . . "

"AIN'T YOU TIRED . . . "

"THE END OF AN ERROR . . . "

"AND BEST FRIENDS FOREVER . . . "

"AND THAT'S A MIGHTY LONG TIME . . . "

FIRST AS TRAGEDY
SECOND AS FARCE

AMERICAN SPRING
MADE IN USA 2026