Particularly as applied today, the crypto- or open fascism in the American right feels like nerds trying to be jocks side-by-side with jocks trying to be nerds. Gawky eugenics-obsessed grad students going to the gym and putting on muscle as male models, influencers, and C-list actors start talking about Mishima and Julius Evola.
John Ganz wrote something relevant: https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/the-jockcreep-theory-of-fascism
Particularly as applied today, the crypto- or open fascism in the American right feels like nerds trying to be jocks side-by-side with jocks trying to be nerds. Gawky eugenics-obsessed grad students going to the gym and putting on muscle as male models, influencers, and C-list actors start talking about Mishima and Julius Evola.
Ah damn—I actually read the Ganz essay when it came out and completely blanked out on it. Welp, hindsight 20/20. Good catch!