▲ 953 ▼ This hits a little too close to home (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago by cannedtuna@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world 245 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] schmalls@lemmy.world 38 points 3 months ago* (1 child) Or they fail the entrance exam to art school and restart the cycle. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Pretty sure that's just that one guy, or is this a trend? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 months ago* A significant number of current day fascists... Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump, Steven Crowder... They all wanted to be movie stars, script writers, actors, etc. This is actually a broad trend, that some failed artists develop a megalomaniacal drive to 'be respected' in some kind of way, and that way is 'being a fascist'. Honestly, you can see the same broad authoritarian personality traits in a much larger subset of artists who basically cannot accept criticism... more often then not they just end up as lolcows, or that one insufferably snooty person you know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) Pretty sure that's just that one guy, or is this a trend? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 months ago* A significant number of current day fascists... Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump, Steven Crowder... They all wanted to be movie stars, script writers, actors, etc. This is actually a broad trend, that some failed artists develop a megalomaniacal drive to 'be respected' in some kind of way, and that way is 'being a fascist'. Honestly, you can see the same broad authoritarian personality traits in a much larger subset of artists who basically cannot accept criticism... more often then not they just end up as lolcows, or that one insufferably snooty person you know. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 3 months ago* A significant number of current day fascists... Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump, Steven Crowder... They all wanted to be movie stars, script writers, actors, etc. This is actually a broad trend, that some failed artists develop a megalomaniacal drive to 'be respected' in some kind of way, and that way is 'being a fascist'. Honestly, you can see the same broad authoritarian personality traits in a much larger subset of artists who basically cannot accept criticism... more often then not they just end up as lolcows, or that one insufferably snooty person you know. permalink fedilink source parent
