Oh, Look! Here Comes the Far Right

Submission 54

About

Oh, Look! Here Comes the Far Right, originally captioned Esta Es Nuestra Cultura, refers to a comic by Spanish illustrator Javi Marenas in which a group of Aztecs performing a human sacrifice is frustrated by the arrival of conquistadors who recoil upon witnessing the scene. First posted in 2021, the comic was used as a reaction before gaining use as source material for memes, including versions featuring characters from various franchises.

Origin

On October 18th, 2021, Spanish illustrator Javi Marenas (@Javimarenas) posted a single-panel comic depicting a group of Aztecs led by a priest performing a human sacrifice ritual when a group of two conquistadors and a Christian priest approaches them. The Aztec priest then says, "This is our culture, do not impose yours of genocide and fanaticism on us." The post (shown below) received over 290 reposts and 1,100 likes on X^[1] in three years.

In 2022 and 2023, @Javimarenas made several reposts of the comic on X and Instagram;^[2] for example, a February 12th, 2022 post on X^[3] received over 750 reposts and 1,800 likes.

On May 9th, 2022, X^[4] user @chesterbelloc3 posted the earliest found recaption of the comic in which the text was altered to "Ah pronto, aí vem a extrema direita," which translates to "Uh oh, here comes the extreme right." The post (shown below) gained over 100 reposts and 420 likes in two years.

Spread

Prior to October 17th, 2022, an unknown user posted a translated version of the comic (shown below). On that day, iFunny^[5] user NonRec4LCPL reposted the translation. On October 24th, 2022, Redditor Prudent_Nectarine_25 made a repost in the /r/ConservativeMemes^[6] subreddit, where it received over 250 upvotes in two years.

In 2023 and 2024, the image saw use online as a reaction. For example, on May 31st, 2023, X^[7] user @Sachinettiyil used the image to react to a trailer for the 2025 video game Ecumene Aztec, garnering over 320 reposts and 1,700 likes.

On February 18th, 2024, X^[8] user @SocialNomadRach posted a meme referencing the 2024 Starship Troopers effective satire discourse, replacing the Aztecs and the conquistadors with the Brain Bug and the troopers from the movie. The post (shown below) received over 1,500 reposts and 17,000 likes in six months.

More edits of the comic were posted on social media in 2024, with users recaptioning the comic and editing it.