The 20th century fascist project was simply just the logic of colonialism applied to European states.
Viewed from that perspective, this tweet isn't as clever as it thinks it is...
Viewed from that perspective, this tweet isn't as clever as it thinks it is...
https://twitter.com/v_j_freeman/status/1375070053343895567
The British flag isn't fascist, true, it's colonial. But fascism & fascist signifiers very much are colonial.
The distinctions are very slight.
The distinctions are very slight.
Oh and if we want to make direct comparisons - the strategy of the concentration camp, even the usage of barbed wire to enclose people in spaces, derives from the British empire.
It's not all awkwardness & queueing y'know - it really isn't.
It's interesting to me that in popular discourse (think 90s Britpop & New Labour) the union jack became embraced as a progressive signifier as the St George's flag became more associated with BNP etc.
Odd - I would argue that the union jack is much more bloodthirsty a signifier.
Odd - I would argue that the union jack is much more bloodthirsty a signifier.
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