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I see you also looked it up after seeing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20710511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20710511 Say what you will about fa
by jackfraser 7y ago
I see you also looked it up after seeing https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20710511 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20710511
Say what you will about fascism, at the very least it sure has a hell of an aesthetic
- ausbah 7y agoHere's what I'll say about fascism, it's a hateful, divisive "ideology", and the only people who bring up the "appealing aesthetics" are probably fascists themselves.
- dang 7y ago"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." Particularly, we might add, when the alternative is turning the f-word on somebody. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- steve19 7y agoEuropean fascists appropriated aesthetics from ancient cultures intentionally. A mace and an Eagle as a symbol of office goes back thousands of years, which is mentioned in the article itself.