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    When I was an evangelical as a teenager I independently came to the conclusion that the best form or rule was a monarchy. This is what Christianity taught me to think, and it’s what evangelicals think, even if they won’t admit it. Their whole worldview is predicated on a strongman ruling and they can’t separate that from reality.

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      For me it was the realization of how much traditional media relies on the “father knows best” trope because they need the guidance. In reality, they like the abuse.

      All this talk is why I consider a lot of New Vegas memes for Caesar’s Legion to be a clear marker for neo-fascist thinking. People laugh at me for warning them, it’s just a game.

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        People laugh at me for warning them, it’s just a game.

        This is a huge part of fascist propaganda, and it’s why the Proud Boys chose that name: it sounds silly and benign, so it lets them fly under the radar.

        The swastika was a universally positive symbol until the Nazis smeared their ideology on it; now it’s a powerful symbol of white-hot ignorant hatred.