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Nothing has changed. Religion and politics to control the masses.
so this is where Putin draws his inspiration from
This was suppose to be at his advantage?
What's with anti commies acting like commies
Fascists are fascists no matter what ideology they espouse
What a strange looking person. He's like mini-me for Andre The Giant.
He looks even stranger as a corpse. Sic semper tyrannis.
Meanwhile, even the staged Stalin portraits said, "just try it, motherfucker."
Why does his hand become a part of his jacket? What secrets lie behind that mustache? Will anyone call for a doctor?
He lost his hand during the war, so it was replaced with papier-mache. Very sad.
Mussolini: "Do you want fries with that?"
Strong Elon Musk cosplaying as a Libertarian vampire vibes
Was he 3' tall?
5'6" according to one dodgy looking source I found on the internet
Can anyone explain WTF he was wearing motorcycle goggles in this photo? "Working" without a shirt, okay, sure, he wants a sunburn, that's his problem. But goggles? Is this some proto-cybergoth bullshit?
Actually, that is probably exactly what he was going for. Mussolini was a huge proponent of the Italian Futurist movement, and he had a lot of weird ideas about what was futuristic. Stuff like, "In the future, people will make their clothes out of milk." Anyway, aviation and representing aviation was a huge part of that, and he frequently used it in his propaganda.
That's interesting. I've long thought that self proclaimed Futurists are a clueless lot. It's technology advancement will always happen and is a good thing, full stop. No consideration for usefulness or how it helps people or even if it will work at all. Most of them lack a background in technology or science, or even just critical thinking skills to tell if they're being hoodwinked or not. The ones that do have a technical background, like Ray Kurzweil, are the real dangerous ones. They tend to dazzle with bullshit, some of which is correct, but it takes an expert to disentangle the correct parts.
The other site's /r/TechNewsToday was the worst for this. Articles about startup companies making impossible claims were swallowed whole, and you'd be downvoted to oblivion for pushing against it. Technology always progresses forward at a breakneck pace, it's always good, and there's nothing you can do to convince them otherwise.
Which is all to say that after a few moments thought, I'm not surprised that it was historically associated with fascism.
There's an RSS bot that reposts HackerNews content to Lemmy. I think [email protected] is the current iteration, if you want some fascists futurists delivered directly to you.
Comments over there on the Orange Site really run the gamut from naive boosters who don't see how technology could ever be misused to straight up grifters lying to promote their shitty startups and glorify the idea of the enlightened tech genius/savior.
FWIW, Caesin can be turned into a fiber (trade names include Aralac and Lanital when turned into fabric,) which could conceivably be used as clothing.
It’s also one of the earliest plastics (used in buttons and jewelry,)
Then a short time later he and the Italian Air force get taught a lesson in aviation by the RAF in Greece and North Africa lmao
They didn't have McDonalds' to stage a photo at back then.
Honestly thank god even Trump isn't narcissistic enough to think he looks good without a shirt.
Trump is so much fatter tho.
Now do one where Trump's a centaur being ridden hard by Putin. Or the old two-person horse costume with Trump in the ass. No pun intended.
I feel like part of the problem is that people don't expect fascism to be so goddamn pathetic. They see obvious morons like this or Trump, and they struggle to imagine how they could possibly be dangerous.
I guess the lesson from history here is that just because they're ridiculous it doesn't make them any less dangerous.
Hitler's book was literally titled "my struggle." His whole shtick was "I'm just this poor downtrodden Everyman trying to help the country, but the bad people won't let me!"
Angry mobs are dangerous. Any buffoon can rile one up.
Fascism isn’t about how how convincing the leader is, it’s about how discontent the followers are.
There are plenty of discontent Americans who didn't fall into Trump's cult.
And also sit idly by while his cult tries to seize power, knowing they won't be the first against the wall.
So, everyone who has a problem with how the Democrats run things is an enemy? Gosh, why does that sound familiar?
This is the attitude you take, then you wonder why there isn't more unity against the Republicans. If you want to know how fascism wins, this is it.
So, everyone who has a problem with how the Democrats run things is an enemy? Gosh, why does that sound familiar?
Cool strawman.
This is the attitude you take, then you wonder why there isn’t more unity against the Republicans. If you want to know how fascism wins, this is it.
Fascism wins by people voting for fascists and by milquetoast moderates going along with it because they won't be first against the wall. If that seems so offensive to you then you deserve to be offended.