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That kitchen lady SOTU GOP response redubbed in a dalek voice.
Somebody please do this.
Stars Wars and Doctor Who both feature villains transparently based on Nazis, and I’m coming around to the idea that Doctor Who had the more socially useful model: Imperial officers / stormtroopers come off as evil but maybe kind of badass, whereas Daleks more accurately portray fascists as stupid and cheap and just gratingly skin-crawlingly annoying.
The idea that something as obnoxious and ridiculous as a Dalek can also be dangerous and utterly evil is…a useful lesson.
@inthehands at the same time, doctor who presents individual heroics and techno solutionism as the solution to their fascists. And the daleks, at least, always come from elsewhere. Star wars does manage to avoid both of those traps.
@jenniferplusplus true, true
@inthehands I suppose the cybermen are better analogies for the rise of fascism
@jenniferplusplus @inthehands Especially since the Cybermen arise multiple times in different contexts but always with the same fascist outcome.
@Tiffany @inthehands and the same eugenic origin
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All that notwithstanding, Davros’s crazed monologue about racial purity as peace is right at the top of my list of great anti-fascist moments in fiction.
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Dug it up for the viewing enjoyment of the Fediverse: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUNLK2oN5c4&t=1821s
Trusting a voice in your ear more than the evidence in front of your eyes might be a message for the Americans, it's also a message for the Taliban.
First Star Wars movie is very religious.
@jenniferplusplus @inthehands Isn’t the deep story of the Daleks that they are devolved humans?
@whybird @inthehands Maybe, but that it's the "deep story" kind of supports the point. As met on screen, Daleks are always* this threat of a fascist enemy approaching from the outside. Which is fine, I guess. But if your story has a moral lesson to share about fascism, then fascism should probably be something that arises from within.
*Except in the genesis story that Paul linked excepts from https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/112069381609509251
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This sort of subtly is why it’s important to have many stories.