There's no way they're not just playing dumb, right? Right?? :matt-jokerfied:
Do people really not know "mussolini made the trains run on time", surely not
People not knowing famous cliches about WWII is levels of historic illiteracy that seems genuinely unbelievable.
Particularly considering that it is the ONLY 20th century conflict American history teaches throughout the country (the rest are "not noteworthy" or "political")
Well they also teach Vietnam: the Americans bravely went to defend Vietnamese freedom, but there were a lot of protests back home and officials listened and ended the war
They don't always teach that; my high school ed stopped prior to that, even though I was in AP classes
its anecdotal but this dumb tid bit is usually one of the idk, 5 things, people say whenever ww2 gets brought.
I always thought that was a joke. The setup I heard was always something like "Mussolini converted the trains in Italy to run on herbs so they could finally run on thyme"
If they're American it's definitely a fash dogwhistle, because no one uses what few trains have.
It's a Brit, but that makes it even less likely that he hasn't heard it used as a famous cliche about fascism.
"I'm such a clever lil flashy look at the libs squirm and tie themselves into knots hehehe" 👌👌👌
I mean I’d also like our stupid fucking trains to run on time but I’m not a fascist about it
This is what Adorno referred to as the Verblendungszusammenhang, the straight line leading from the jollyness of the beer cellars to the human slaughterhouses. Going "i just want to grill and drink my Hefeweizen" was absolutely crucial to operate the Reich, people needed that harmless and cheerful facade, they had to first and foremost deceive themselves about what the regime they had installed was up to so they could carry on with their lifes after their neighbors were disappeared and they had carried their share of the loot out of their appartments.
With the rising popularity of mass transit/urbanism i could see someone just into mass transit but oblivious to history could say it.
For a bit of added context, they were going around the table and talking about their politics, all of which were various far right ideologies.
these people seem real dumb, but idk who this guy is. he looks like a dork.
wait is he a streamer? if he's a streamer just don't tell me anything about him i would rather not know
A part of a twitter video that went viral mocking the Libertarian/neolib/conservative/classical Liberal gang.
https://twitter.com/louiseshevik/status/1563033495299330048?t=Cl-yiEHJtSYAwWw_huxBMQ&s=19
Rancid vibes. And that guy is 100% doing the dog whistle.
My first thought was that he was a fascist - the context if you didn't see it is that its a tiktok about 'here's me and my friends political views' - really a nightmare blunt rotation of libertarians, classical liberals, conservatives, more libertarians, and Mr. cryptofashoid here
Every friend group needs a guy you can just disassemble for spare parts and not feel bad. He is that man here.
Sounds like that kinda guy who'd be hiding a Fairweather T-500 Cuirass under his shirt. :tequila-sunset:
