Message from @The Inquisitor [☧]
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Heidegger explicitly said "only individuals are creative (even to lead), the crowd never"
Illiberal democracy is a thing, but it's considered the exception
One big problem I had with GLR was that he tried to fit traditionally american values in to national socialism, when the two are at odds in almost every way
So if you listen to GLR alone, which a lot of spergs do, you become confused about what fascism and NS actually is
He was right to try
His failure is why we know it can't work
reading what GLR said about how the Founding Fathers were actually Fascists makes me cringe
GLR speaks in simple terms, which makes him a good orator, but also means that a lot gets lost in translation
Yea, it is cringe. I know people who unironically think that
How you can believe that is beyond me
If a man as great as GLR couldn't make it work, then none of us will be able to
@BasedWhiteGoy to counter what you say about Heidegger, there exists the "hive mind analysis" phenomenon, where groups of people making predictions about something are usually better than an individual
Though I do think that if he hadn't been murdered, there's a good chance he would have become Governor
Fascism, intellectually, sprung from a rejection of modernity and the enlightenment. Almost every major fascist philosopher was very explicit about that
He was murdered by the fucking feds because he made so much sense
GLR failed because he was fucking assassinated.
The founders created a nation steeped in modernity
for example, it's been shown that when a bunch of people play a "guess the weight game", their answers, while varying wildly, will always average out very close to the true value
(((They))) knew GLR was redpilling too many too fast.
the same is true of other things
of course
the mob
the effect is ruined when someone's decision making is influenced by everyone else's
which is why democracy often doesn't experience that effect
The hivemind is consistent with fascism. No one said that people wouldn't pool their collective intellect and efforts to advance the nation, in fact that is what fascism is all about
But the leader that the people elevate and will in to power gets the final say
Fascism is a sort of third way between democracy and total dictatorship. Usually a fascist dictator ought to be and is a charismatic, strong person that is beloved by the people
I can't wait for the day when I can catch a flight out of George Lincoln Rockwell Airport
There's that quote from Huey Long about how a perfect democracy almost looks like a dictatorship, where the people are so satisfied they have no complaint
Mussolini is a great example of this. Mussolini drew from Julius Caesar and italy's rich roman history to invigorate the national spirit of the italian people
Some day 😢
Caesar was, in a sense, the first example of what a fascist leader would look like
@Hadrian what annoys me about that little easter egg is that it makes zero sense in the world of High Castle
A charismatic, popular, beloved man who the people entrusted with total power
@The Inquisitor [☧] Shhhhh let us dream
The show takes place BEFORE GLR was assassinated in our timeline
and it's unlikely he would have been assassinated sooner in High Castle
Its a easter egg, that's fine. Few normies would know who GLR is
Yes and he probably would have never came to the realization Hitler was right if he still had to fight against them