Cure for Fascism

"Apply directly to the forehead. "

I am a big fan of the Iver Johnson Owlhead Anti-fascist application device.
Wish I owned one.
Edit - Hell everything Iver Johnson made was cool as hell.

"It is an amazingly simple device. An idiot can operate it, and indeed, many do."
- Just because many idiots operate it doesn't mean everyone who uses it is an idiot. Tell me again, how did the Nazi regime collapse in the 40s?
  
  You realized he just posted the full quote of what Hitchcock was saying and you’re arguing it when you posted the image it was based on?
  Idiots and operating things is right.
  
  Lol at this fragility
  
  I don't think you should operate a keyboard, but obviously you do.
  
  Guns are ubiquitous because idiots can operate them. Many of the guys who took down Hitler were dummies.

Good short-term cure for acute fascists, but the long-term cure for fascism is to run society so the vast majority of people are very happy, so they don't fall for con artists who promise to relieve their misery.
- Even with growing disparity between the ultra wealthy and regular people most people in developed countries still score very highly for human development with a lot of freedoms, access to health, education and live reasonably prosperous lives by historical standards.
  Its been a long time since most of us saw widespread famine or war or plagues decimating our populations. There is good reason to demand more social and economic progress which you would think would increase the appeal of that and not the politics of self destruction. There is no sane reason to burn it all down for most people.
  Yet fascism still seems to be in a massive resurgence. Something really odd is happening. There is a huge information war that has seriously undermined society. It has taken over many religious groups, outsider groups like conspiracy believers and alt health, and conservative leaning parties. It is in online gaming and image boards and normie social media. It preys on socially immature young men, appealing to their insecurities. It preys on people looking for spiritual connections and community. Seeing peace and love hippies standing side by side with Christians and full on Nazis is fucking weird but I saw it during COVID.
  The fascists were always there but they were not a political force and there is no reason they should ever be again. Not sure why it is happening or why we are letting it happen. It is certainly not in our interests. It always ends badly.
  
  Extremely privileged take, there are countless people even in the "developed" countries who daily face the risk of homelessness and starvation. This is by design of the capitalists, who then use this fear and desperation to force masses to serve them "so that it doesn't happen to them too". What we're seeing globally is caused by greed (a few ultra wealthy) and fear (hundreds of millions of the precariat). Offering a strong, united socialist option would take all the wind from the fascists' sails.

The real quote where he mocks violent idiots (after presenting it as a cure for insomnia):
- Oh my god, it is almost like people use memes to communicate ideas that are different than the original source.
  Not all violence is equal. The only way to stop a Nazi is to bash them. If you deny that, you're a liberal which is a fascist collaborator. You're going to sleep walk your way into Nazism.
  
  The only way to stop a Nazi is to bash them.
  There's another, more effective and less violent and non-solipsistic way. A great deal of the power of fascism stems from their economic position. Guys like Zuck and Elon are dangerous because of their enormous wealth, not merely because of their toxic political views.
  And since you can't just Luigi Mangione the problem of economic elitism, you need collective action at an economic level to starve out the beast.
  Incidentally, the "starve the beast" strategy is a conservative approach historically espoused and employed by Grover Norquist, Tom DeLay, and now (via the guise of DEI) Bill Ackman, Peter Thiel, and Donald Trump. Its incredibly effective, because it eliminates the ability of the opposition to effectively organize and administer large groups of professionals.
  
  You're a right wing troll undermining the leftist message.

Personally, I'd prefer a larger caliber for Nazi hunting.

nooo we have to debate them in the marketplace of ideas and then ultimately let them win 😭😭😭

We have better applicators now that can cure a plethora of fascists in one swift move.
- Medical technology sure has come a long way. I cant imagine why anyone would be doubtful of it

Rectally works best

The shitstain Stewart Rhodes lost his eyeball when he attempted to clean a loaded pistol. Yep, there are dumb fucking idiots with guns.
- My wife shot herself in the eye with a confetti cap gun last night trying to see if it was loaded. She literally pointed it at her face and pulled the trigger.
  
  Congrats on the divorce?

Things that would garner negative attention today, but that were still pretty cool way back when.

Nice un

What video is this from?
- Debbie does Dallas
  
  What year did it release? There are apparently many titles with Debbie Does Dallas.

- Really telling how you feel the need to be anti-Communist on an antifascist meme. Specially when it was the "tankies" that destroyed fascism on WW2. But not surprising coming from a naz.ijust.works user
- Pivoting from an anti-fascist meme to anti-Communist, very silly
  
  We're converging towards Lemmy doing the Matt Christman 2016 election night "Kill yourself and everyone around you!" line, but entirely unironically.
  
  Calling someone a tankie != anticommunist.
  The fact that you interpreted it as such speaks a lot about you.
- 🙄

Point of order. How many applications of cure has Alfred Hitchcock personally administered?
- From his Wikipedia page
  Hitchcock was too young to enlist when the First World War started in July 1914, and when he reached the required age of 18 in 1917, he received a C3 classification ("free from serious organic disease, able to stand service conditions in garrisons at home ... only suitable for sedentary work").[37] He joined a cadet regiment of the Royal Engineers and took part in theoretical briefings, weekend drills and exercises. John Russell Taylor wrote that, in one session of practical exercises in Hyde Park, Hitchcock was required to wear puttees. He could never master wrapping them around his legs, and they repeatedly fell down around his ankles.
  So, none.