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For some reason, anime is attractive to the far right.
I'd like to think one can appreciate anime without being a fascist.
It's just that I've seen very little evidence this is possible.
I appreciate anime myself.
Same here.
I see I may have to rethink my life philosophy here
it gets more complicated when you think about the left-adjacent origins of the style apparently
/pol/ and its consequences
I believe it has something to do with the reactionary nature of most techies, the fact that tech inclined people took up the majority of the internet in the early days, and anime primarily spread through the internet in western places
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most nerds are reactionary, anime fans are nerds, makes sense that most anime fans are reactionary
"most nerds are reactionary"
most of any subculture will be reactionary under capitalim. nerds won't die out under socialism, we'll just get less reactionary nerdsThey will be allowed to unleash their nerdiness... for socialism.