A question:
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talkpoliticsWhy is the generic go-to bad guy totalitarianism fascism? I mean everyone from Jonah Goldberg to Vidal uses that word to identify someone as a member of the Generic Evil Horde of Bad Guys of Doomy DoomTM but nobody seems to point out the obvious that fascism only survived in the Hispanophone and Lusophone countries the USA propped up against the other guys. It would seem to me that the Stalinists, who went from barely keeping their own capital intact to overrunning half of Europe to stay there for several decades would be the more obvious totalitarians to admire. Why?
1) They won the damn war. Fascism in its German variant lasted two years, Communism in its Soviet variant lasted for most of the 20th Century and was quite epic in terms of winning wars. The Communists in fact arguably were only good at winning wars but that's another discussion. Why do we admire and consider a bunch of backstabbing losers like the the Nazis, who weren't even able to keep their own promises to themselves that well but not the guys who both won the war and pretty much shitcanned the Nazis across the greater part of the Balkans?
2) Stalin looks like Mario. Seriously, it's almost uncanny. Charlie Chaplin v. Mario should totally go to the plumber who regularly kicks turtle ass and rescues princesses no doubt to enjoy another kind of plumbing. Hitler's a pretty ugly guy with a terrible taste in facial hair, Stalin had a pornstache. Obviously Stalin has more testosterone, so we should admire the real mensch.
3) The Soviets had everything people admire about the Nazis, and didn't have death camps. You can admire your snazzy uniforms, butchering political secret police that slay entire towns and shoot thousands of people without mercy, murderous rapist armies that had precious little restraining them and The PartyTM without having to worry about the whole Treblinka and Sobibor thing. Too, the Soviets even had Jews in their leadership, so there's not the same risk of being shown to be a Jew-hater for admiring a bunch of murderous dicks.
4) Without the USSR we would not have the Command and Conquer series, and honestly, wouldn't the world be poorer without it? I mean really, that's a franchise which would be boring with Nazis in it, it'd be Captain America all over again and comic books did that first.
And finally.....
5) Soviet just sounds better to say than Nazi. Nazi has a sad tendency to run into nazi unpleasant puns that end up making one seem unwilling to fasc the music, Soviet is like the word smock, people should really just say it because it sounds funny and most people don't know what it means and the ones who do prefer to keep their own council.
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1) They won the damn war. Fascism in its German variant lasted two years, Communism in its Soviet variant lasted for most of the 20th Century and was quite epic in terms of winning wars. The Communists in fact arguably were only good at winning wars but that's another discussion. Why do we admire and consider a bunch of backstabbing losers like the the Nazis, who weren't even able to keep their own promises to themselves that well but not the guys who both won the war and pretty much shitcanned the Nazis across the greater part of the Balkans?
2) Stalin looks like Mario. Seriously, it's almost uncanny. Charlie Chaplin v. Mario should totally go to the plumber who regularly kicks turtle ass and rescues princesses no doubt to enjoy another kind of plumbing. Hitler's a pretty ugly guy with a terrible taste in facial hair, Stalin had a pornstache. Obviously Stalin has more testosterone, so we should admire the real mensch.
3) The Soviets had everything people admire about the Nazis, and didn't have death camps. You can admire your snazzy uniforms, butchering political secret police that slay entire towns and shoot thousands of people without mercy, murderous rapist armies that had precious little restraining them and The PartyTM without having to worry about the whole Treblinka and Sobibor thing. Too, the Soviets even had Jews in their leadership, so there's not the same risk of being shown to be a Jew-hater for admiring a bunch of murderous dicks.
4) Without the USSR we would not have the Command and Conquer series, and honestly, wouldn't the world be poorer without it? I mean really, that's a franchise which would be boring with Nazis in it, it'd be Captain America all over again and comic books did that first.
And finally.....
5) Soviet just sounds better to say than Nazi. Nazi has a sad tendency to run into nazi unpleasant puns that end up making one seem unwilling to fasc the music, Soviet is like the word smock, people should really just say it because it sounds funny and most people don't know what it means and the ones who do prefer to keep their own council.
This satire brought to you by Underlankers Incorporated, you may now return to your regularly scheduled LJ political discussion.
