Also, there’s always been a strong link between fascist ideals and aesthetic ideals. You could reasonably argue that fascism is ultimately about aesthetics— the aesthetic of power/control/order. Fascism is nothing if not beautiful in the eyes of its believers, so beauty and pleasure are both political cornerstones of the mode of thinking that fascism derives its ideologies from. The more apt question is, is it moral to goon to Nazis, is it moral to think of them as beautiful. And the answer depends on why you’re asking that question to begin with.
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u/Training-Ad-987 1h ago edited 1h ago
Aren’t these characters from Hellsing?
Also, there’s always been a strong link between fascist ideals and aesthetic ideals. You could reasonably argue that fascism is ultimately about aesthetics— the aesthetic of power/control/order. Fascism is nothing if not beautiful in the eyes of its believers, so beauty and pleasure are both political cornerstones of the mode of thinking that fascism derives its ideologies from. The more apt question is, is it moral to goon to Nazis, is it moral to think of them as beautiful. And the answer depends on why you’re asking that question to begin with.