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<blockquote data-quote="Teedub" data-source="post: 1099427" data-attributes="member: 4257">I watched Fight Club again last night. It's so good (particularly the first half - yes, I like the friendship between 'Jack' and Tyler), however I always wonder where it sits politically. I read an interview with Chuck Palahniuk and he opined that Durden would probably be rocking a MAGA hat were he to be around today.It's as relevant today as it was then. Maybe more so, with 21 year olds getting full sleeve tattoos in an attempt to purchase an identity in an age of mass-conformity via false-rebellion. Both antifa-types (I mean the proper marxists, not the hipster kids) and guys here identify with it, which is notable. The biggest target of the film is metro-liberal urbanites, which is exactly the class of people who HATED the film 19 years ago - film critics. Starbucks and soy essentially.I doubt neither us nor antifa are advocating for Durden's pre-agricultural anarcho-primitivism (maybe some do), but there's obviously a deep malaise across political spectrums, particularly with men — but the left are infested with anti-male identity politics which prevents any bridges being built.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teedub, post: 1099427, member: 4257"] I watched Fight Club again last night. It's so good (particularly the first half - yes, I like the friendship between 'Jack' and Tyler), however I always wonder where it sits politically. I read an interview with Chuck Palahniuk and he opined that Durden would probably be rocking a MAGA hat were he to be around today. It's as relevant today as it was then. Maybe more so, with 21 year olds getting full sleeve tattoos in an attempt to purchase an identity in an age of mass-conformity via false-rebellion. Both antifa-types (I mean the proper marxists, not the hipster kids) and guys here identify with it, which is notable. The biggest target of the film is metro-liberal urbanites, which is exactly the class of people who HATED the film 19 years ago - film critics. Starbucks and soy essentially. I doubt neither us nor antifa are advocating for Durden's pre-agricultural anarcho-primitivism (maybe some do), but there's obviously a deep malaise across political spectrums, particularly with men — but the left are infested with anti-male identity politics which prevents any bridges being built. [/QUOTE]

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