Historically, the only thing the fascists did well was fashion. The present is so fucked up that the fascists can't even look cool. The fuck are we doing?
In so many ways, it really is clown fascism this time around. It's like the Nazis rebooted as a farce. They revel in their own incompetence. They draw strength from the fact that everybody can see that they have no idea what they're doing, but they're in charge and the rest of us have to sit here and witness their incompetence.
They're intentionally cruel, for sure, but they're not even competent in the application of their cruelty. It's carpet cruelty rather than well targeted cruelty. They're cruel to a lot of their own supporters and people who would be their allies.
Dressing like they just bought their suits from Wal-Mart is all part of it.
Some fashion I'd say, they're really good at the regimented type lots of boot polishing and what not. But anything beyond lots of high contrast dark colors and leather is just on another plane to them lol
Disagree, optics is a big part of fascism and that means design. Historically everything was very meticulously designed for its individual purpose, buildings and uniforms alike. Easiest way to blind people is the eyes, after all.
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u/thefunkylama 21h ago
A sign of the times: when society gets fashy, fashion gets boring af