The movies lied to us: from the goose-stepping ultracompetent Nazis and gimlet-eyed Soviets to Darth Vader and glamorized absolute monarchs
Fascism isn't cool and edgy. Authoritarianism isn't ruthlessly efficient. They're both too dumb for words
Only Death of Stalin truly gets it right
Laura Jedeed
they're arresting people around the reflecting pool because they're mad those people are noticing they fucked up the pool, we are not a serious place
