Had to once double check “the” because I’d been talking to friends about how words eventually lose meaning they’re overused. The example was to just say it repeatedly while thinking of the word in your head, and eventually the concept of the word the loses any tangible meaning
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_satiation is the phenomenon
I read the article but I’m not up to snuff on the particular history. I’m not sure in the painting who is on the right side of history but regardless it conveys emotion beautifully
Here’s a link to the full photo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Fusilamiento_de_Torrijos_(Gisbert).jpg