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by rsynnott 92 days ago
Oh, it was 100% marketing.

It's not just fascists, either; totalitarian regimes _in general_ tend to be very keen on this sort of thing.

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They're usually not good at hair, for whatever reason. There's Hitler, of course, but also look at just about any American far-right figure these days for some _truly_ unhinged facial hair.

Offhand, the only totalitarian I can think of who seemed to put in a particular effort on hair is Stalin. But in general, stylish clothes, mad hair seems to be the rule.