I was forwarded an email from one of those trashy right-wing “news” sites with a comment from the forwarder praising the video. To paraphrase, it was unironically “I love this propaganda. It tells me exactly what I want to hear!”
It inspired this image, run locally using ComfyUI and Z-Image-Turbo.
Prompt: A hyper-realistic, cinematic photograph of a person sitting in a cozy, dimly lit interior. The person has a serene, blissful smile of pure contentment, looking completely detached from reality. They are holding a newspaper toward the camera; the headline is clearly legible and reads, “No problems. All problems caused by other side.”
The Background: Behind the person, visible through a massive floor-to-ceiling window, is a world in total atmospheric collapse. The landscape is divided into four distinct zones of disaster: a towering, violent tornado; a raging wildfire with thick black smoke and glowing orange embers; a parched, cracked desert landscape representing a severe drought; and a devastating flood with rushing brown water submerging buildings.
Technical Details: 8k resolution, photorealistic textures, dramatic chiaroscuro lighting (warm light on the person, cold chaotic light from the outside), shallow depth of field, highly detailed facial expressions, intricate textures on the newspaper paper and the person’s clothing. No other text or captions.
