The aptly-named Hasan Piker, leftist podcaster and “spokesman,” gave a Nuremberg-style rant to an audience of College Democrats while wearing a Mao jacket. AdvertisementThe Mao jacket is an interesting piece of clothing. Tyrants of the 20th century dropped the traditional ornate plumage of the early modern authoritarian ruler for the simple, even drab. The Mao jacket was evidently intended to reflect the kind of clothing worn by the proles while also having an air of command. It’s supposed to act as a combined proclamation, threat, and revolutionary symbol, but in truth it simply represents a fantasy.