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[skull_bearer]

So, a moment to sit down and think. I was re-reading my old Satanic Bible from my teenage years, and I was quite surprised how much of it draws parallels with my current fascination with Nazi Germany. I think the reason, and the reason I still like them even while I detest and despise neo-nazis, is because of the power. In the a strange way, it is has a lot of similarities with how primitive people (and some nowdays) identify with some violent and deadly predator, they want the power of this creature or entity.
I was introduced to nazism through the medium of the Holocaust, which is a predatory portrayl if there ever was one. My subconcious reaction was this is something powerful and deadly, and I want to be that powerful and deadly. I mean, it took three of the most powerful nations on Earth to take them down and even then it was touch and go. There was something in this, and I'm still not entirely sure what it is.

Anyway, I think it explains why I feel so comfortable in surrounding myself with all that nazi paraphanalia, it's just modern tiger claws.

Comments

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

You realise that its having a logical psychological explanation still doesn't mean it's healthy or something to aspire to?

[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

WTF in my life has been healthy thus far?! These days anything that makes me happy is good enough.

[duranorak.livejournal.com]

But they weren't a violent and deadly predator. They weren't predatory. It was clinical. That's what makes it so horrifying, that there was none of that instinct or primitive fire behind it - fascination with which I could understand - just methodical, clinical killing with a view to strategic extermination.

I think you're trying to come up with reasons to reassure people/yourself as to why you find it fascinating, and I would be too if I found myself enthralled with Nazi Germany, so I don't blame you, but I think the explanation you've given here is too easy, and also wrong.

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[skull-bearer.livejournal.com]

I wasn't thinking about the Holocaust, I was thinking about the rallys, that sort of massive group coherence that picks you up and drags you along like a tidal wave. That.
I think it's right, I've been trying to pick this apart for months, and this is the best I've come up with so far. It's not all this, it's probably not even mostly this, but this is definitely a part of it.