WEBVTT - What exactly is Fascism?

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from House Stuff Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh Clark fascist. Josh Clark fascist. That's

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<v Speaker 1>exactly what I was gonna say, too. I was gonna say,

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck Er always called me a fascist pig. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>true business anyway. That's Charles W. Chuck Bryant. Hello, we're

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<v Speaker 1>doing a podcast on fascism today. Yes, and as I

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<v Speaker 1>was saying, Chuck's always calling me a fascist pig, but

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know that that's necessarily accurate. After I read

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<v Speaker 1>this article how fascism works, Well, you should stop giving

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<v Speaker 1>speeches from your balcony above at Land in my hand,

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<v Speaker 1>partying my hair to my side a little bit, take

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<v Speaker 1>down all the posters of you all over the place.

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<v Speaker 1>Never so, Chuck, Yes, you want to talk about fascism,

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<v Speaker 1>let's do it. Okay, So did you know I was

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<v Speaker 1>surprised to find this out. Bnino Mussolini was the guy

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<v Speaker 1>who actually created pretty much created fascism. He definitely coined

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<v Speaker 1>the term and uh, this concept of fascism was drawn

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<v Speaker 1>upon from ancient Roman techniques, military techniques. Sure, Machiavelli, of course. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was surprised to find this out because, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>he ended up strung up by his ankles with his

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<v Speaker 1>throat slit, people kicking him in the head. He'd fall

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<v Speaker 1>down after he was dead and they'd string him back up.

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<v Speaker 1>It didn't work, he no, it didn't. And really he

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of Hitler's lackey. Really. Sure, I was surprised

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<v Speaker 1>to find that he was the guy who started fascism,

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<v Speaker 1>but by god he did. Apparently he was a socialist

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<v Speaker 1>until he got ahold of Nitzsche and then he was like,

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<v Speaker 1>WHOA has screwed a lot of stuff up in this

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<v Speaker 1>world show. I like him personally, but you got to

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<v Speaker 1>take the guy with the grain of salt, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So as far back as n uh Mussolini was starting

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<v Speaker 1>to ruminate on fascism, right, yeah, And what is it, chuck?

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<v Speaker 1>What people throw this word around like it's it's awesome

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<v Speaker 1>or um sweet or l O L? Have you noticed

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<v Speaker 1>people use l O L to a ridiculous degree these days?

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<v Speaker 1>But I do know that fascism is I think I

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember who it was, But someone said it's the

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<v Speaker 1>most misused word of our times. Yeah, and I believe

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<v Speaker 1>it or um incredible, right, but you hear me know,

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<v Speaker 1>Bush is a fascist, Obamba is a fascist. Nancy Pelosi

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<v Speaker 1>is a fascist. Dick Cheney's a fascist. None of them

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<v Speaker 1>are fascist. All right, We're not going to debate that here.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was a nice sprinkling of liberals and

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<v Speaker 1>conservatives in there that I should throw in a Tea

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<v Speaker 1>Party member to cover all my basis. Um Josha comes

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<v Speaker 1>from the word fast skule, Italian meaning bundle. You're not

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<v Speaker 1>gonna say it was an accent and fast skill nice.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Previously the Latin fascus or fascists, I take it

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<v Speaker 1>as fasis and that is a bundle of sticks tied

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<v Speaker 1>to a single axe. And that kind of says it

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<v Speaker 1>all it is. It's pretty much a again, Mussolini has

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<v Speaker 1>a master stroke. This is uh, this is a perfect

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<v Speaker 1>um descriptor of what fascism is. The state is the

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<v Speaker 1>axe which can yeah, and the people are the bundle

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<v Speaker 1>of sticks that support the head or break depending. Fascism

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<v Speaker 1>has a tendency to push people at the breaking point,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't it. Although fascism also kind of brings out the

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<v Speaker 1>absolute worst and conformist in human beings as well. Yeah. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>so fascism is is basically the opposite of democracy. The

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<v Speaker 1>whole point is the state. There is no individualism, there

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<v Speaker 1>is no ump no, no. But that that doesn't necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>mean it's communist. And actually communism and fascism are opposite

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<v Speaker 1>sides of the coins, uh to a lot of at

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<v Speaker 1>least economically, right, because with communism it's um one social class, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and with fascism they're very distinct social classes that you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot get out of. Yeah, if you're in a social

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<v Speaker 1>classes under fascism, then be prepared to stay there. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And another uh defining characteristic of fascism is that the

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<v Speaker 1>whole point of the state is um war. Yeah, it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's based on natural selection Darwinian evolutions, where the the

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<v Speaker 1>the state's entire existence is to wage and win war,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's survival of the fittest. So everybody's out there

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<v Speaker 1>waging war. And if you lose, well then you're you

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<v Speaker 1>are naturally selected, you're absorbed by another state, you're tronker,

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<v Speaker 1>you're subjugated. And the state that did the subjugating was

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<v Speaker 1>selected as the fittest that was the strongest. So the

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<v Speaker 1>entire point of the state is to wage war imperialism. Baby, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's pretty pretty rotten stuff really, um. And Mussolini put it, Um,

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<v Speaker 1>that war alone brings up to its highest tension all

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<v Speaker 1>human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the

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<v Speaker 1>people's who have the courage to meet it. What a jerk,

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<v Speaker 1>But you know it was a rallying point. People got

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<v Speaker 1>into it for a while. Yeah. And and how I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>like you wonder, how can some guy come along and

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<v Speaker 1>say you have no individualism. Everything your mommy told you

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<v Speaker 1>about how great and unique you are in your little

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<v Speaker 1>snowflake is wrong. Um. And your entire purpose in life

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<v Speaker 1>is to support the glory of the state, which is

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<v Speaker 1>going to go wage war indiscriminately. Um. How do people

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<v Speaker 1>get duped into this? How do they follow along? I'll

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<v Speaker 1>tell you how, buddy. One thing that uh, the fascist

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<v Speaker 1>prayed on And we say prayed because it's not strictly

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<v Speaker 1>define Fascism isn't really around anymore, although there are tendencies

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<v Speaker 1>and smaller groups, but as far as the big time governments,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's gone. But one thing to do is they

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<v Speaker 1>take a nation in crisis. For instance, let's say Europe

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<v Speaker 1>after World War One. Yeah, and they say, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>we can return our country to its former glory. All

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<v Speaker 1>you have to do is buy into it. So people

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<v Speaker 1>got to buy into it at first. It can't be

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<v Speaker 1>done with the iron fist initially, right. And the way

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<v Speaker 1>they buy into it is that the people are already suffering. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot of people blame the Treaty of Versailles

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<v Speaker 1>that ended World War One for eventually leading to World

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<v Speaker 1>War Two. There was a lot of um restriction placed

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<v Speaker 1>on the losing nations. Um. They they their their normal

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<v Speaker 1>working class people in countries like Germany suffered tremendously um

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<v Speaker 1>and they they had to repay to rebuild nations that

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<v Speaker 1>they went to war with, and there was no trust whatsoever.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's kind of a bad treaty actually, but it

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<v Speaker 1>did set set the stage for fascism, right. So you've

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<v Speaker 1>got the people who are suffering and they're saying, you've

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<v Speaker 1>got to buy into it. What are they buying into

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<v Speaker 1>while they're buying into the state and only the state,

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<v Speaker 1>and everything you do is for the good of the state. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>That pretty much sums it up. And a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>times it's based on um, some sort of idealized past, right,

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<v Speaker 1>which again after World War One, that made it easy

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<v Speaker 1>because this nation, like Germany, was suffering tremendously UM, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they they were saying, well, we used to be great.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to reclaim our superiority. Even if the great

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<v Speaker 1>it doesn't matter because mythical as long as they buy

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<v Speaker 1>into it, right, Yeah, like the fifties. And also there

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<v Speaker 1>there tends to be um, one ethnic group that is

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<v Speaker 1>singled out as the important one, and everything else is

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<v Speaker 1>being every every other group is dragging this one group down,

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<v Speaker 1>and they need to be dealt with the master race

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<v Speaker 1>in the case of Germany for sure. Yeah. And that's

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<v Speaker 1>where we come to the difference between the capital f

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<v Speaker 1>and the lower case f right. As far as fascism,

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<v Speaker 1>apparently Mussolini's is capitalized and Hitler's is not. And he

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<v Speaker 1>was probably pretty angry about Uh. I don't think so

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<v Speaker 1>too wanted to capital left, Yeah, he was, He get

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<v Speaker 1>angry a lot. Um. Mussolini's fascism was largely based on

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<v Speaker 1>going and waging war just for the hell of it, right, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>just to show the glory of the state. Hitler's conquests

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<v Speaker 1>um actually had a method to the madness, right right.

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<v Speaker 1>His was basically basically um based on uh, furthering the

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<v Speaker 1>Aryan race through conquest. Yeah, I got a cool quote

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<v Speaker 1>for you, alright. This Italian fascist philosopher who knew Giovanni

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<v Speaker 1>habably enough, his name is Giovanni Genteel. He says mankind

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<v Speaker 1>only progresses through division and progress and progress is achieved

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<v Speaker 1>through the clash and victory of one side over another.

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<v Speaker 1>So basically you can't progress unless you're dividing people and conquering.

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<v Speaker 1>So there you have it. So my dad always said,

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<v Speaker 1>and his name is Genteel or Genteel. Nice, Thanks, Chuck.

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<v Speaker 1>I was looking forward to this one because I knew

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<v Speaker 1>that you bust the Italian accident out of you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in my blood. There's another characteristic that we didn't mention,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's an authoritarian leadership, right right. I mean you've

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<v Speaker 1>got Mussolini, you've got Hitler. They have these cults of

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<v Speaker 1>personality surrounding them. Yeah, that's really important, and they come

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<v Speaker 1>to embody the state. Right, So like it's you, you

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<v Speaker 1>can pretty much interchangeably say everything you're doing is for

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<v Speaker 1>the glory of Germany, or everything you're doing is for

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<v Speaker 1>the glory of Hitler. They're pretty much interchangeable. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>we had their flags and their posters all over the place,

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<v Speaker 1>which they love their posters or did. Um. There's also

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<v Speaker 1>a tremendous amount of violence in these societies as well. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't have war without violence, you can't have well,

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<v Speaker 1>not only that this it's not domestically you also have violence.

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<v Speaker 1>So in addition to say, um Hitler's process of the

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<v Speaker 1>Final Solution, where he's furthering the Aryan race by murdering

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<v Speaker 1>anybody who's not a member of it, um, there's also, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's domestic violence. For anyone who speaks out any resistance

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<v Speaker 1>movements anything like that, they're gonna be crushed. Yes, you're

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<v Speaker 1>not supposed to you're not supposed to wage warrant discriminately

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<v Speaker 1>for the glory of the state. You're really not supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to turn on your own people right round upon most decidedly. So,

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<v Speaker 1>what's life like if you are one of those people

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<v Speaker 1>who um would would have passed the Milgram experiment with

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<v Speaker 1>flying colors and are just waving flags and happy as

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<v Speaker 1>can be to see Mussolini's Il duce a car driving

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<v Speaker 1>past well, it's not a very happy place because Mussolini

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<v Speaker 1>flat out rejected them what he called the myth of happiness. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, it's not a good place if you're a woman,

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<v Speaker 1>because the only thing you are and under a Thatchero's

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<v Speaker 1>seme as a woman is a little fascist maker. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to They don't want you to work

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<v Speaker 1>in anything. I want you to make a little fascist.

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<v Speaker 1>And the the youth are um accentuated in the society's

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<v Speaker 1>right sur it is survival of fist but also the

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<v Speaker 1>youth make the best soldiers. And they're also the leaders

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<v Speaker 1>of tomorrow. So if you indoctrinate them throughout their lifetimes,

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<v Speaker 1>beginning at an early age, they're going to have the

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<v Speaker 1>same ideals. Right. It's it's also not very good if

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<v Speaker 1>you're gay. It's because aside from Hitler and the gang

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<v Speaker 1>thinking it's like, you know, mass perversion, it's also you

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<v Speaker 1>can't make a little fascist, So that that was no good.

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<v Speaker 1>Is I didn't know that? Is that why homosexuals were

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<v Speaker 1>targeted so much Hitler well, for those reasons that they

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<v Speaker 1>thought it was perverse, and then they you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>can't make baby fascists, so what good are you right,

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<v Speaker 1>but Hitler thought it could be cured. Mussolini just outlawed

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<v Speaker 1>it altogether. There's also what lots of rallies, parades, like

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<v Speaker 1>you said, posters everywhere. It's it's um ubiquitous. The the

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<v Speaker 1>the sentiment of fascism, everything for the state and the leader.

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<v Speaker 1>They're everywhere you go. So if you're you know, sixteen

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<v Speaker 1>seventeen in your courting, you're going to go to a

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<v Speaker 1>state parade, state holiday. They tend to take on a

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<v Speaker 1>religious quality, right, because there's no religion but nationalism. Well, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a little tricky because they they reject religion in

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of ways. But in uh, the article that

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<v Speaker 1>pointed out Mussolini in Italy clearly cannot reject Catholicism because

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<v Speaker 1>that's where it's rooted. So he would kind of use

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<v Speaker 1>the church to his advantage when it worked for him,

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<v Speaker 1>and Hitler did a lot the same as well. Right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he was a protector of the church. Right, so they say, God,

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<v Speaker 1>these guys are crazy. Luckily that this, uh, this, this

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<v Speaker 1>whole this, this fascism didn't take off all that well.

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<v Speaker 1>They tracically had a pretty short run. Nineteen eighteen and

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<v Speaker 1>nine was the height of it, right, Yeah, that's not

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<v Speaker 1>very long. This is where you find the fascist states

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<v Speaker 1>in Germany, Italy, Romania had one pretty much sort of

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<v Speaker 1>did Spain did. Yeah. When Franco led the revolution, he

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<v Speaker 1>was colluding with the fascists, but they apparently weren't organized

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<v Speaker 1>enough for I'd spread enough to really, um come on

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<v Speaker 1>as the functioning government, so he just took on. He

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<v Speaker 1>adopted some of their fascist values in Spain. Uh. You

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<v Speaker 1>know what, I think one of the coolest things is

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<v Speaker 1>why it didn't work out. Was the reason it shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>work out is people started to say, wait a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>genocide probably isn't a very cool thing to do, and

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<v Speaker 1>violence and mass murder is Uh, we're kind of bad

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<v Speaker 1>guys now, And I don't know if I like that. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>We're sick of the shock troops cracking our skulls for

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<v Speaker 1>smiling because happiness is a myth, an absurd myth, right,

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<v Speaker 1>And so after World War Two the chaos is gone,

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<v Speaker 1>which you know, they depend on that kind of chaos

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<v Speaker 1>to to rally the people, right, and the fascism was seen,

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<v Speaker 1>um even before World War two. Were during World War

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<v Speaker 1>two is leading the world to war. These guys were

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<v Speaker 1>just conquering nations, like going out and invading other nations

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<v Speaker 1>that were nearby for whatever reason, and they had to

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<v Speaker 1>be stopped. Which is why World War Two, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>is viewed as such a positive war. There were such clear,

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<v Speaker 1>mind bogglingly distinct bad guys. Right, the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>world was like, we're going to take you down. Sure,

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<v Speaker 1>and they did and fought well together, and you know

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<v Speaker 1>it was it was, as far as wars go, a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty great war. Yeah, we're not war guys, obviously, the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of worst we waged today. But back then, I

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<v Speaker 1>think I would have grab my my musket. Wait, probably

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<v Speaker 1>not a musket. I would have grab would have been

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<v Speaker 1>really in trouble I did go into the front world,

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<v Speaker 1>I would grab my bolt action rifle and I would

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<v Speaker 1>have Yeah, I would have tried to Yeah, I would

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<v Speaker 1>have been loving glorious Beast. So I was just about

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<v Speaker 1>to say that I just saw it again this weekend. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's awesome movie. Um. Unfortunately, fascism didn't completely go away,

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<v Speaker 1>Like you said, there are small pockets of movements around

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Right, we're gonna talk about skinheads, these puts is,

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<v Speaker 1>they're just stupid. I don't think we should give them

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<v Speaker 1>any times, because you know what, there's such small pockets

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<v Speaker 1>of morons out there that embrace this kind of thing

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<v Speaker 1>these days. It's just silly. H There there's some neo

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<v Speaker 1>fascist sentiment that I found surprising. It's called love of difference,

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<v Speaker 1>which is basically just racial separation, but with a different

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<v Speaker 1>spin on it. Right. Yeah, they say being different is

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<v Speaker 1>really great. That's why you shouldn't mix races, not because

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<v Speaker 1>one is better, which is we justlike being different, right,

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<v Speaker 1>and being white. So those are kinder, gentler fascists, I guess,

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<v Speaker 1>And there are. There's some markers that you can find

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<v Speaker 1>in some governments. See if you can guess which ones

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about. Um, governments that have anti immigration laws. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's a check small progressive limitations on civil rights in

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<v Speaker 1>the name of giving a democratic country, uh, greater security

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<v Speaker 1>check um. Isolationist foreign policy no comment. And government intervention

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<v Speaker 1>in the means of production to secure the state from

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<v Speaker 1>shortages and economic downturns. Definitely, no comments. Many Yeah, So

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<v Speaker 1>that's fascism, yes, right, And it's still around here there.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think that there is any pure form of government,

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<v Speaker 1>is there. No? But like we said, there are these

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<v Speaker 1>pockets of morons that embrace uh, you know, neo Nazis,

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing. But I shouldn't completely dismiss them

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<v Speaker 1>because they do act out in violent ways at times.

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<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma City obviously, so I don't want to make light

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<v Speaker 1>of that. They do bad things. No, London had some

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<v Speaker 1>bombings in I was thinking about that. London is one

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<v Speaker 1>of the largest metropolitan areas in the world's very progressive

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<v Speaker 1>city and it had bombings. It has bombing sometimes. That's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty nuts, it is, Okay, So that's fascism. You want

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more. See some creepy pictures of people smiling

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<v Speaker 1>and waving flags as Mussolini passes by. And if you

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<v Speaker 1>love to look at Hitler and hate him, you can

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<v Speaker 1>find pictures of him on this fascist article by typing

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<v Speaker 1>fascism and the andy search bar at how staff works

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. So I guess it's listener meal time, right, Yes, indeed, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>I feel dirty, Yes, Josh, I'm gonna call this one. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>how could we not mention Boba Fett? That's we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>call it. We heard from quite a few people on

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<v Speaker 1>this and the Bounty Hunter episode because we failed to

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<v Speaker 1>mention Boba Fett, who was arguably the coolest bounty hunter.

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<v Speaker 1>He drove a vet. Oh did he? Haven't you ever

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<v Speaker 1>heard that, Chris, I'll send it to you. So this

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<v Speaker 1>is from our pal, Aaron A C who he writes

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<v Speaker 1>in a lot and he's a regular. Um. I just

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<v Speaker 1>got done listening to the latest joint how bounty bounty

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<v Speaker 1>Hunters work, and I'm appalled, appalled because you did not

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<v Speaker 1>I did not hear a single mention of Boba Fette

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<v Speaker 1>and then he types, wah uh yeah, okay, so maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he's fictional allegedly, but come on, no excuse. During the

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<v Speaker 1>Ninja podcast, I sat through it seemed like ten minutes

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<v Speaker 1>of you guys parentheses, Josh geeking out hard on the

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<v Speaker 1>dossier credentials of action figures. So I know that's not it.

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<v Speaker 1>So come on, how about a shout out for Boba.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he deserves it. Dog and his mulleted militia

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<v Speaker 1>ain't got nothing on the fat Man, and I would

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<v Speaker 1>agree I would too. So we didn't mention Boba Fette.

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<v Speaker 1>We wanted to acknowledge that. And he also says, speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of Boba Fette in honor of his anticlimactic afterthought, of

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<v Speaker 1>a death scene in Jedi. I'd like to offer a

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<v Speaker 1>podcast suggestion how the Wilhelm scream works. Have you ever

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<v Speaker 1>heard of this? I've never heard of it either, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is awesome. It was the scream, uh, that a

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<v Speaker 1>sound engineer recorded for a movie, and I think the

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen forties Man Dies by Alligator was what it was called,

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<v Speaker 1>and that has since been used the exact clip and

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<v Speaker 1>over two movies since then. It's like an in joke

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<v Speaker 1>with sound engineers. The Vilhelm scream. I can't believe I've

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<v Speaker 1>never heard of it. So he asked if we can

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<v Speaker 1>play one, and I think Jerry, we can probably rustle

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<v Speaker 1>up a Vilhelm screen. It sounds a little something like this.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't wait to hear what that sounds like. It's

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<v Speaker 1>really funny actually, and after you hear it, you've noticed, Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard that before. I hope I do. So. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going crazy here, like it just played and I

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<v Speaker 1>still don't know what it sounds like. Uh. We just

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<v Speaker 1>want to thank Aaron for for educating me on a

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<v Speaker 1>movie thing. I can't believe I didn't know this popular

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<v Speaker 1>movie thing. Nice. I think Jerry knew it. Nice. And

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<v Speaker 1>now you know I do, and knowing is half the battle.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. If you have any obscure movie Arcania, actually

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<v Speaker 1>Arcania of any variety, Yeah, we're always very interested in that.

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