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How Toxic Nostalgia Leads To Fascism - EARLY ACCESS, AD-FREE, AND UNCENSORED (Patreon)

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2025-09-09 19:56:43
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Hi. You may think things were better in the '80s or '90s – when things weren't so gosh darned political – but what you're forgetting is that you were 12. Nostalgia, while fine in small doses, is also readily used as propaganda for fascists.

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How Toxic Nostalgia Leads To Fascism - PATREON

Hi. You may think things were better in the '80s or '90s – when things weren't so gosh darned political – but what you're forgetting is that you were 12. Nostalgia, while fine in small doses, is also readily used as propaganda for fascists.

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callahanh14

I remember when I had ads

JelenaV

Hey I need to say that we, the gen Z, the students, are currently leading a few anti-authoritarian protests and blockades across the world! Greetings from Serbia:))

SBWizard

Brisco was there for a meeting of bounty hunters

Eric Herde

Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.

Probably a real person

Some video I saw described a society where they think of the future as something that is behind you, because we can see the past, but we walk backward blindly into the future. The unknown is terrifying. Reated, a comedian said his new response to conservatives when thay say they're afraid of immigrants or Trans people is, "don't be a p***y."

Vance

Don't tease us with another movie 😭

CARRIERHASARRIVED

the term we're all looking for these days is "Saudade." Portuguese speakers, back me up on this one

Mayonaka Midnighter

Can we start labeling American Fascism what it actually is and always was, Fordist Fuckery?

Hannah

New Buffy the Vampire Slayer coming out soon.

Pete Barry

No joke, I've watched the Some More News Movie at least 50 times straight through. Best movie of 2020. I'm starting to realize I may be part of the nostalgia problem.

Chibigodzilla

So, in the litany of nostalgia slop, does She is Conann count as a reboot?

Karen Cox

This is where being Old is an advantage. My parents were born during the Depression. My Dad was 12 during the middle of WWII, meaning he wasn’t nostalgic for food rationing ànd learning his favorite cousin has been killed when his fighter plane was shot down over France. My mother was 13 when her parents got electricity. Only someone who never knew what it was like to live without electricity would be nostalgia for it.

matt rascon

Between you and Jordan breeding both not mentioning it, I’m starting to think I imagined the “SCREAM” tv series.

Karen Cox

There are some things that really were better in the past. Clothing made frôm natural fibers are better than the cheap ugly polyester we’re stuck with now. Formality ànd good manners are good things! Of course, we could have the good parts of those things again once we’ve analyzed them ànd removed the bad stuff, like the snobbery

Karen Cox

Okay, Nancy Drew was worth it. I still love Nancy Drew.

Steve Snyder

Ah, a DS9 deep dive. Must be a DCB episode. Excellent btw. Can’t wait for the sequel! Please make it three hours.

CubitOom

So how does one combat toxic / weaponized nostalgia?

Nina Stratton

I really really loved this episode. I loved it so much I laid down a super-high super thanks.

Steven Smith

Do you guys remember that SMN episode about nostalgia? I feel like it was only yesterday.

gijoes

um... Wednesday? You've made me realize that while I have fond memories, there is no part of the past that I would bring back (except if it meant I could be that younger age again, knowing what I know now). Toxic nostalgia is like the opioid epidemic. People are in spiritual cages and they don't even realize it, and all they want is a way out. Wouldn't it be better if "Make America Great Again" just meant dropping some Fentanyl? the culture wars would soon be a very quick war of attrition.

Alexander

The thing I find so interesting about nostalgia is that even fairly clear memories of a specific era don’t prevent it. I’m in my mid-fifties, so I was in my twenties thirty years ago. My twenties were miserable. Anxiety, depression, panic attacks, unemployment/underemployment…it was not a good time. And yet. When I listen to my ‘90’s playlists (curated, not just slapped together with AI), I feel that pang. I feel a longing for what I objectively know was the worst time of my life. Why? I have no idea. Because it’s not rational. It’s a feeling, not a thought. And I want to make something else clear: I’m not remembering the “care free” days of youth with nostalgia. My youth was never “care free”. I had lots of cares. I had few friends. I didn’t party (or even drink at all). It’s not, “You know that they were hard times objectively, but you’re nostalgic for the good times with your friends, getting high and watching bad movies,” because I never did those things at that age. What exactly am I nostalgic for?

John Scigulinsky

Guys, I can't believe you didn't mention Fast & Furious (4 being a soft reboot, technically), Mad Max or Creed (and its sequels). Also, speaking of nostalgia, Ready Player One deserved a mention as a completely insane depiction of glazing the 80s while letting your world devolve into a dystopian nightmare. I mean, Ready Player One LOVES that and never points it out as bad, which is why it's... just... the worst.

Beutimus

Cody's slow descent into madness followed by Warmbo's incoherent screaming is how I feel most days.

Two if by fire

I can’t watch a thing anymore because of the toxic nostalgia. Movies that were once joys to watch have become subjects of someone’s ire. Dumb reinterpretation, or the fans just make me sick. It’s like watching a Martin Scorsese movie. You watch them to the point that you are defending the lease known and yes underrated but there is a reason After Hours and even though you want to watch it you can’t because you want to preserve the last shred of nostalgia for it: and then you feel boiled in talentless shows that also harken back to the days like stranger things or even the Sandman. Like have we not moved on yet. How long will this take. And then my apocalypse go tops are ruined because they all feel too real right now.

Eric Williams

Some of this is not nostalgia, but a word I learned recently: Anemoia A neologism for a feeling of nostalgia for a time, place, or situation one has never known or experienced. Also bill and ted 3 was hot garbage.

David Black

I’m nostalgic for when Trump wasn’t even president. I’ll be nostalgic for that until he’s no longer on this planet.