Evil regimes have the coolest aesthetics. amirite?

of all the people to find out I share a birthday with :(

by Hungry_Philosophy 1 day ago

The explanation for this is almost certainly that fascist regimes are more unashamed of appealing to emotion. This is philosophically in keeping with their worldview - and also reflects it. People in democratic countries usually like the idea that they're in charge of the country, and so see gestures of being imposing and powerful from the Government as a bit unnerving and scary, and prefer deliberately bland and inoffensive imagery, and the whole conceit (even if sometimes a bit insincere) that the Government are their servants. With fascist and to an extent other authoritarian regimes, imposition and power is the point. Which is just cooler, in a teenage boy kind of way but that also appeals to other people, too. Especially if you imagine you're one of those in the inner circle, wearing the jackboots.

by MembershipWest 1 day ago

Those ss uniforms do look pretty sick

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The fashion label which made them is still in business, google it

by normaskiles 1 day ago

It was Hugo Boss if I remember correctly

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Didn't that turn out not to be true?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

They definitely made them but didn't design them.

by Ritchieshanel 1 day ago

Oh yeah

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The better the propaganda, the weaker the military, or however the saying goes

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Nah those Eastern European brutalist buildings hit different

by Interesting-Piece46 1 day ago

idk, I've always hated them growing up, they remind me of Ceaușescu's brutal regime. initially they were designed to have all sorts of green recreational areas near them, but as the population grew, the Green faded away to make room for parking lots and now they just look like something from a zombie apocalypse.

by Eileen38 1 day ago

Okay, now do the USA in 2025….

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Comparing the Trump birthday parade to a PLA (Chinese) parade, the US gets blown away. The coordinated and choreographed marching is much better.

by Relevant-Channel1039 1 day ago

All of the authoritarian, none of the style

by NoHat 1 day ago

ICE and DHS definitely needs a wardrobe upgrade for sure.

by MembershipWest 1 day ago

Most just seams like they just get whatever they have at home

by NoHat 1 day ago

I love NKVD uniforms

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Literally everyone knows

by marquardtshanna 1 day ago

Authoritarian gotta look like an authority

by Anonymous 1 day ago

do sort of get this in a way

by Anonymous 1 day ago

erm acktually, hugo boss manufactured, not designed the uniforms.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It's delegated that way because it's symbolism the audience will understand. The bad guys are displaying their power, status and wealth or at their projection of it. The good guys are the rebels, the resistance, they are everyday people being screwed over by the regime. So that's why their clothing is bland. To signal that's these guys are like us, the ones we should be siding with. Luke Skywalker is meant to look like some poor bloke so this way poor blokes can identify with and feel inspired by him when he ends up being the hero.

by dana49 1 day ago

Sometimes I'll watch the PLA (Chinese military) parades and I enjoy the coordinated marching.

by Relevant-Channel1039 1 day ago

Are we the baddies?

by mantebrendon 1 day ago

He's right tho

by marquardtshanna 1 day ago

What amazing aesthetics does the trump regime have?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

There is not trump regime yet

by marquardtshanna 1 day ago

You mean "Evil regimes IN MOVIES have the coolest aesthetics", right ? Because in the RL this makes not much sense,

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Idk, guess it's just an opinion but they really just looked like soldiers to me.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Too bad their aesthetic is forever tainted like how the KKK tainted the Pointed hood aesthetic.

by ziemedaisha 1 day ago

You still have a religious festival in Spain where they wear pointed hats. It looks very strange if your familiar with the Klan, but that tradition is older than the US itself, so I don't judge them.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Were you there ? Or did you build this opinion on the movies and propaganda material that reached us today ? Because those were definitely made by people with talent.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What kind of argument is that? Were you? It's not as if there aren't literal thousands of pictures from that time, where they are objectively well dressed.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

He does mean irl because its true

by marquardtshanna 1 day ago

Um what

by Anonymous 1 day ago