What such stories are doing is situating resistance to racism/fascism as a FUTURE problem: one we don't need to access NOW, in OUR world.
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It says, "Imagine if things were REALLY bad! THEN you'd be justified in fighting back, in that other world where the Nazis won. Not HERE."
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THAT'S what's fucking bothering me. These alt-Nazi stories situate anti-fascist resistance as at best a future & at worst a FICTIONAL need -
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- as though THIS ISN'T HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AS THOUGH THE CURRENT ANTIFASCIST MOVEMENT IS A FUCKING OVERREACTING B/C SHIT "ISN'T THAT BAD".
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And meanwhile you're normalising the visuals of fascist iconography, slogans, language - making the abominable feel narratively familiar.
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Alt-Nazi settings aren't a "warning" about possible future evils; not right now. They're a means of distancing the reality of the present.
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You want to do a morally complex story about the evils of fascism? SET IT IN THE FUCKING ACTUAL NON-ALT PRESENT, YOU COWARDS.
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But oh, no. See, that would be too POLITICAL, bc you'd have to acknowledge how vital Black Lives Matter is & risk angering racist white ppl.
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You'd have to defend punching Richard Spencer, and talk about the difference between fascist & antifa disruption at universities, OH MY!
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You'd have to stop talking about what a snappy dresser Milo Yianoppoulis is, and criticise Trump & Breitbart & their spineless GOP shills.
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Better to tell a story where those pesky modern elements don't exist; where you can pretend there's no link between your world & our now.
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You want to jack off to your jackboot aesthetic, go do it in an alternate fucking universe where you aren't actively making shit worse. FIN
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First time I ever ran into this kind of Alt-history Nazi idea was a Champions RPG author back in the 90s. Nice guy. Made great timelines.
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