The Nazis took all their worst ideas from the Americans.
the German cultural affinity for the old west literally explains the Third Reich; Karl May was Hitler’s JK Rowling
the Third Reich was in fact the farce version of colonial America, we’re due for Tragedy again
I don’t think this is an exclusively German thing, or right wing thing oddly. I remember reading about left groups in Italy and France who’d name themselves after Indian tribes and dress up as them. They kind of put a left spin on it because they were LARPing as “primitive communists resisting imperialism” or some shit.
Still pretty fucking cringe.
Question for people who are smarter than me: Can you reenact someone elses culture without it being cringe and under what circumstances?
Prior to European contact, the Native American population is estimated to have been in the millions. But 1880, the population had been severely impacted by genocide[citation needed], warfare and disease brought by the colonists.
:wut:
