Fascism was a political philosophy based on militant totalitarianism.[2] The Galactic Empire and its successor state, the First Order,[3] were both considered fascist governments.[1][4] The Bith artist Janyor referred to the Galactic Empire as fascist, expressing his disgust with the propaganda piece Imperius Unitada ober Totallex's use of fascist imagery.[2] Similarly, during the Battle of Hoth, Rebel[4] Communications Officer[5] Toryn Farr had a moment where she questioned why she was the one
A film like Wall-E exemplifies what Robert Pfaller has called ‘interpassivity’: the film performs our anti-capitalism for us, allowing us to continue to consume with impunity. The role of capitalist ideology is not to make an explicit case for something in the way that propaganda does, but to conceal the fact that the operations of capital do not depend on any sort of subjectively assumed belief. It is impossible to conceive of fascism or Stalinism without propaganda – but capitalism can proceed perfectly well, in some ways better, without anyone making a case for it.
When you are in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney watching the Stormtroopers march past, you might also witness cast members performing acts of anti-fascist behavior. You might even be encouraged to join in. This gives your expensive trip an air of anti-fascist ideology while also signaling to you that the systems which bring you this display must also be anti-fascist as well. Stalin surly wouldn’t have tolerated anti-socialist activity after all, and that’s what sets our system apart from theirs. Capitalism invites you to be anti-capitalist, that’s how you know it’s a superior system.
it’s called interpassivity, I think zizek popularized the term lol and then Fisher used it too, it’s a very useful categorisation
Chapter 2 of Capitalist Realism:
When you are in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney watching the Stormtroopers march past, you might also witness cast members performing acts of anti-fascist behavior. You might even be encouraged to join in. This gives your expensive trip an air of anti-fascist ideology while also signaling to you that the systems which bring you this display must also be anti-fascist as well. Stalin surly wouldn’t have tolerated anti-socialist activity after all, and that’s what sets our system apart from theirs. Capitalism invites you to be anti-capitalist, that’s how you know it’s a superior system.