• TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Then either they are that flawed and are really literal Nazis getting their Nazi tattoos, or they get increasingly sucked into participating within a cult, take your pick.

    You know one way that helps them carve off people from the wider populace? Being accused of having a flaw greater than it really is, carving them away from those they should be sticking to from their side and letting them be pulled into the cult’s bubble. And for many, that flaw is simply being senile, not racist, and even then still generally needing a fair dose of cult programming to eventually instill those racist sentiments.

    • IcePee@lemmy.beru.co
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      3 months ago

      Even for Nazis getting Nazi tattoos, there’s redemption. A way out. But there has to be a willingness to take that first step. The tragedy of the comic strip is that the person getting the tattoo and shaving their allows themselves to be defined by others. And it’s not just the normies and the left that’s doing it. It’s a grotesque, sure but for those on the outside, it kinda looks like that.