So “The NPC meme”

“The unthinking unity of the masses, atavistically dedicated to their lifeways in the face of reasoned logic” is… not traditionally a negative from a fascist perspective?

What I really think it is, and I’ve been thumping on this for a bit, is the chanverse reinventing an ethic of aristocratic conservatism, or at least landed gentry.

Like, combine it with memes about the “NEET/wagecuck” binary, and it really does become “people who work for a living are unthinking herd animals, while people who live comfortably off family money, and spend their days discussing and debating among themselves, chasing idiosyncratic hobbies, and playing (often war-simulating) games are an enlightened class of natural rulers”