(To be clear, I’m not suggesting that “hopepunk” is a fascist genre at the root. However, it is a…

prokopetz : "I thought it was hopepunk but it was fascism" buddy, I have bad news for you about a lot of self-labelled "hopepunk" media. (To be clear, I'm not suggesting that "hopepunk" is a fascist genre at the root. However, it is a genre populated by artists who love the aesthetics of optimistic futurism without really understanding what makes it tick, and this preoccupation with the aesthetic…