[eropple]

> And if those people don't particularly have much better to do, and can post pretty often

...and because a huge chunk of them are economically null NEETs and ironic fascism has mutated into real fascism...

We're pretty well boned unless something changes, huh.

[IntronExon]

I’m genuinely curious if it ever was ironic, or if irony was just a convenient excuse and recruitment tool. What do you think?

[eropple]

From my experience, I suspect it was a little of both. A little sugar makes the medicine go down, and all that. Sell it to kids who don't know any better, and let the ironic nature filter away over time. What comes to mind the ironic/pseudoironic use of fascist and totalitarian tropes for Warhammer 40K now turning into the use of the same memes and ideas in a new context, celebrating Donald Trump as the "God Emperor" and portraying liberals/cucks/whoever-they-hate-the-most-in-that-particular-moment as the "xenos".

[mercer]

I think we often underestimate how much pretending to be or do something can make it real.

[michaelchisari]

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” - Kurt Vonnegut