I was exploring this small historic town in a Spanish language LatAm country recently. It’s frequented primarily by local tourists from the closest large metropolis, mostly on the weekends. There’s plentiful vegan/vegetarian eateries, an old cathedral square, and lots of natural beauty in the vicinity, etc. It’s got that old-urbanism charm with nothing over ~3-4 stories tall. So while I was exploring the place walking around, I stumbled into this cafe / book shop place. They had a coffee bar area, some books, reusable water bottles with local art, various notepads and sketchpads, some jewelry based on pre-Columbian art in a display case, etc.
As I’m looking around, I catch a glimpse of the book for sale. “Mi Lucha” in that chunky red Wolfenstein font and Adolf’s face on the cover. I was a bit shocked. Noped the fuck out of there as casually as possible. Just a very WTF moment.
It was really shocking because I had been so taken by the culture of the place. The social fabric of people there seemed so wholesome, I didn’t witness anything like the public displays of capitalist
I’m used to seeing in the US: road rage, gratuitous flaunting, patriarchal / machismo behaviors, etc. A modest garden house on the outskirts had a DIY sign with the phrase “para que mas”. Just made it seem like such a contrast to the vibes of the place.
I mean it’s not like fascists and neoliberals are all bloodthirsty incels or anything. A lot of them, if not most are “normal” people who are very nice and pleasant to the groups of people that they don’t hate