Sci-Fi, Satire, and the Post-WWII Mythos

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The caricature of fascism as the arch-evil, born in WWII propaganda and endlessly re-imagined in popular entertainment ever since, has served both as an inoculation against that particular brand of tyranny and blinders to many others. Is it still relevant? Or has it become one of our culture’s foundational archetypes that will live on for centuries disconnected from its roots? Let’s explore a bunch of facets and ask some odd, sometimes difficult questions along the way.

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00:00 Intro
02:32 Myth of Singular Evil
05:35 Andor and Now
08:57 Fading Narratives
11:31 Iron Sky
15:51 What Comes Next?

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