we are all susceptible to manipulation tactics, lies, and propaganda. some of us may be more resilient than others, some may have quite the skill at resisting, but if you are an emotionally responsive person than you are not off the hook.
in 2025, i'm sure most Americans consider themselves immune to dangerous and bigoted messaging. "i'd never support Hitler if i lived back then," they claim. but many of them absolutely would have and they cannot see it. they are incapable of making the connection.
take what we are seeing now with how the average American is responding to the rise of modern American fascism and you can easily apply it to pre-nazi Germany. the banality of evil encompasses all walks of life.
i think to myself who would be a nazi if the Holocaust were to happen in America today?
- Joe Rogan
- Mark Zuckerberg
- Jeff Bezos
- Tim Cook
- Buzz Aldrin
- Paula Deen
- Kelsey Grammer
- Zachary Levi
- Taryn Manning
- Kanye West
- Amber Rose
- Kodak Black
- Kid Rock
- Lil Pump
- Sexyy Red
the potential for this list to all be nazis is unfathomably high. All of these people have supported Trump either vocally or by showing up to rallies or helping by visibly associating with the Trump campaign.
the amount of celebrity nazis we would have to deal with would become overwhelming and tiring. idk, it hit me that Hollywood would be filled with open fascists if it were acceptable.
I know some of the names on that list. But honestly ... favourite celebrities? Like, I've got a favourite bartender, but people I'll never meet? Seems a waste of time to rank them.
Not to mention, what people in the entertainment industry have to say about politics is moot. It's bad enough that politicians want to curb creative output in a certain mould. Do you look to your local favourite meteorologist for dog-grooming tips? If not, perhaps celebrity political thoughts are equally useless.
a lot of people value celebrities for reasons i struggle to understand. i posted this thinking about those folks. there's a lot of them out there who don't realize many of these stars are fascists.
You're missing the underlying issue that these people care about, once again, "celebrities" I'll never meet. It makes fuck-all difference what their politics are. What am I going to do, get past layers of publicists and show them the light? I'm not L. Ron Hubbard, and times have changed.