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Why play a fascist? Unpacking the hideousness of the Space Marine (rockpapershotgun.com)
6 points by omnibrain on Oct 25, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


After this heresy, do we need a "Hitler reacts to the normalisation of Space Marines" bunker scene?

(it's not just 40K; Cleese had to explain Fawlty Tower's use of the unsympathetic comic foil to people who took them entirely too literally)


A: "Heresy"??? Sorry, I don't get it. (Hopefully a bit of an in-joke.)

B: There's also taking everything as a joke, which is at least as annoying as taking everything too seriously. What I got from the piece is that that's how people, either intentionally or by just being forever thirteen-year-olds, are trying to dismiss "This satire of fascism has turned into straight-up propaganda for it". Sure, that's kind of hilarious... But also serious enough not to be just laughed off.




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