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A recurring theme of fascism is that the depravity and decadence of a liberal society must be burned away and replaced with racial and moral purity.

Even if done tongue-in-cheek, Billy Idol’s "White Wedding" (1982) seems to reflect that belief in some of its lyrics:

There is nothing fair in this world
There is nothing safe in this world
And there's nothing sure in this world
And there's nothing pure in this world
Look for something left in this world
Start again


Do you want a strong, authoritarian leader? Look again to the lyrics:

Hey little sister, who's your superman?

And, of course, the white in White Wedding refers to the supposed virginity of the bride: a new life begun with a pure, blank slate, and, if you accept a fascist, racist subtext, a new society purged of all that is non-white.
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Explained by Billy Idol himself,
In 2002 Billy Idol did an unplugged version of "White Wedding," for VH1, but before performing he explained, "I thought about this incestuous kind of sick brother ... who's galavanting across the globe on some wild, who knows what he's looking for, leading a completely unconventional life, leaving behind all your friends and just going and going and all those things started to play into the song." By and large, Idol is addressing the debaucherous lifestyle that one takes on with becoming a rockstar, which is the most prominent theme woven into the lyrics. What better way to say goodbye to your old life than with a tongue-in-cheek desecration of a ceremony that tethers you to a new one? For a white wedding, the symbolic gesture of the song has a rather dark core. "I supposed leaving home, and leaving England and suddenly faced with a new life again it did make me think there's nothing fair in this world," Idol went on in the same performance. "There's nothing safe in this world. There's nothing pure in this world." https://www.grunge.com/804301/the-meaning-behind-billy-idols-white-wedding-explained/
Some people have inferred a fascist connotation, based upon what appears to be straight arm salutes, but supposedly it was unintended. https://archive.org/details/iwantmymtvuncens00mark/page/124/mode/2up Supposedly Idol is an anarchist , although he has admitted to wearing a swastika, for shock value, when he was young . https://hollowverse.com/billy-idol , https://www.contactmusic.com/billy-idol/news/punk-icon-idol-upsets-jewish-tv-host-with-swastika-comments
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Deutschmania wrote:Explained by Billy Idol himself, Some people have inferred a fascist connotation, based upon what appears to be straight arm salutes, but supposedly it was unintended. https://archive.org/details/iwantmymtvuncens00mark/page/124/mode/2up Supposedly Idol is an anarchist , although he has admitted to wearing a swastika, for shock value, when he was young . https://hollowverse.com/billy-idol , https://www.contactmusic.com/billy-idol/news/punk-icon-idol-upsets-jewish-tv-host-with-swastika-comments




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