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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I shit you not, he is now a hard-line Republican politician in Virginia spouting the party line. IT WAS A WARNING.
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I actually defended him when his book was pulled for being anti-semitic (I was young and stupid) but now I see the fucking wish fulfilment
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And this stuff? That's what this is too. A rise in wish fulfillment bullshit. Also: exactly what you said about evade and deflect.
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