Actually what the fuck is going on in the west

  • Barabas [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    “Ironic” nazi imagery used to be popular in certain parts of the 70s punk scene in London, which is where the brand originates from.

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      Same with Fred Perry shirts, Lonsdale clothing and Ben Sherman jackets. Used to be the uniform for anti-racist, working class skinheads, rude boys and other kinds of cool people in London in the 70s. Now it’s been co-opted by a bunch of nazi assholes or English geezers with the worst opinions you’ve ever heard.

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      That makes some kind of sense. Iirc the purpose was to piss off people who thought of themselves as being not-Nazis who were definitely de-facto Nazis.

      But like it’s 2024 now, WWII and the OG Nazis are not within easy living memory, this doesn’t work anymore.