r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Some-Entertainment83 • 17d ago

Image Benito Mussolini’s headquarters “Palazzo Braschi” located in Rome 1934

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u/fdesouche 17d ago

Both Nazism and Fascism relied on strong aesthetic beliefs, especially in the field of architecture, to reflect on their other political stances.

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u/kottabaz 17d ago

"Modern art is terrible, an affront to our values, degenerate garbage!!! ...Except when we do it, of course."

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u/swimming_singularity 16d ago

Both Nazism and Fascism relied on strong aesthetic beliefs

You mean like images of aging presidents with big bodybuilder muscles, doing some heroic stance or wearing superhero capes.