I wanted to share this episode of the podcast, Reveal, on the growth of the alt-right influence in comic books. A lot of Gauntleteers are comic book fans and also play superhero games like Masks, so I think it’s relevant to this community.
I found it particularly disturbing how Vox Day, an explicitly white nationalist, alt-right publisher, was able to co-opt an established, popular writer like Chuck Dixon. The interview with Dixon is a disturbing and fascinating look at the white male psyche. (Note: I fall within this demographic myself.) The host-interviewer repeatedly tries to get Dixon to acknowledge that his work for Vox Day legitimizes their bigoted agenda. Dixon seems incapable of even acknowledging his power within the industry. Rather, he performs this false modesty routine: “Who? Little old me? Power? Not me.”
Like a lot of white guys, Dixon is blind to his own privilege. I’m sure I’ve done the same or similar. Listening to this interview helps me to see how fucking disingenuous it is and how it is used to evade responsibility for our actions.
https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/never-meet-your-super-heroes/