{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So \u201cThe NPC meme\u201d\n\u201cThe unthinking unity of the masses, atavistically dedicated to their lifeways in the face of reasoned logic\u201d...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/179062271618/", "html": "<p>So \u201cThe NPC meme\u201d</p><p>\u201cThe unthinking unity of the masses, atavistically dedicated to their lifeways in the face of reasoned logic\u201d is\u2026 not traditionally a negative from a fascist perspective?</p><p>What I really think it is, and I\u2019ve been thumping on this for a bit, is the chanverse reinventing an ethic of <i>aristocratic</i> conservatism, or at least landed gentry.</p><p>Like, combine it with memes about the \u201cNEET/wagecuck\u201d binary, and it really does become \u201cpeople 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\u201d</p>"}