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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E65TheObsoleteMan The Obsolete Man]]" what little we learn of the State's ideology apparently takes inspiration from both Communist and Nazi philosophy. They ban books and religion, eliminate anyone who's deemed "obsolete" (either formerly having been things like librarians, or simply unable to work), and when denounced by Wordsworth, the Chancellor freely admits that Stalin and Hitler were both precursors for them, but they have gone ''even further''. Their militant state atheism echoes that of Communist states, including forbidding ownership of the Bible on pain of death (along with other {{sacred scripture}}s, one presumes) and exterminating weak, old, or sickly people who can't provide useful work to them, echoing Nazi practices (though in neither case exactly).

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS2E65TheObsoleteMan "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S2E29TheObsoleteMan The Obsolete Man]]" what little we learn of the State's ideology apparently takes inspiration from both Communist and Nazi philosophy. They ban books and religion, eliminate anyone who's deemed "obsolete" (either formerly having been things like librarians, or simply unable to work), and when denounced by Wordsworth, the Chancellor freely admits that Stalin and Hitler were both precursors for them, but they have gone ''even further''. Their militant state atheism echoes that of Communist states, including forbidding ownership of the Bible on pain of death (along with other {{sacred scripture}}s, one presumes) and exterminating weak, old, or sickly people who can't provide useful work to them, echoing Nazi practices (though in neither case exactly).
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* The first of the ''Literature/CitiesInFlight'' novels had the West ruled by a [=McCarthyist=] government that's so like the communist counterparts they're supposedly against that both sides, rather than fight a Cold War, merge together in the Cold Peace. This only spurs those living in the eponymous cities to [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere take off into outer space]].
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* The Imperium of Man in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is [[ChurchMilitant neither Fascist nor Communist]], but has distinct elements of both-- including "Commissars" named for the Soviet ideological officers and dressed like Nazi agents. The [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Death Korps of Krieg]] in particular are the most straight examples, being patterned after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]]-era German trench infantry (with French greatcoats and Russian gas masks) while being lead by Commissars patterned after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]]-era Soviet [[ThePoliticalOfficer political officers]]. This makes them "Catholic Space Commie-Nazis". The Watsonian reason for this is probably a case of FutureImperfect, while the Doylist reason is GW giving a reference point for those players more familiar with historical wargames.

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* The Imperium of Man in ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is [[ChurchMilitant neither Fascist nor Communist]], but has distinct elements of both-- including "Commissars" named for the Soviet ideological officers and dressed like Nazi agents. The [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Death Korps of Krieg]] in particular are the most straight examples, being patterned after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI WWI]]-era German trench infantry (with French greatcoats and Russian British gas masks) while being lead by Commissars patterned after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WWII]]-era Soviet [[ThePoliticalOfficer political officers]]. This makes them "Catholic Space Commie-Nazis". The Watsonian reason for this is probably a case of FutureImperfect, while the Doylist reason is GW giving a reference point for those players more familiar with historical wargames.
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* The Christian propaganda 'movie' ''Film/IfFootmenTireYouWhatWillHorsesDo'', predicts the persecution of Christians in an America that has been taken over by Commie Nazis. It's as [[SoBadItsGood intellectually]] [[SoBadItsHorrible stimulating]] as it sounds.

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* The Christian propaganda 'movie' ''Film/IfFootmenTireYouWhatWillHorsesDo'', predicts the persecution of Christians in an America that has been taken over by Commie Nazis. It's as [[SoBadItsGood intellectually]] [[SoBadItsHorrible intellectually stimulating]] as it sounds.
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* The Christian dystopia movie ''Film/IfFootmenTireYouWhatWillHorsesDo'', predicts the persecution of Christians in an America that has been taken over by Commie Nazis.

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* The Christian dystopia movie propaganda 'movie' ''Film/IfFootmenTireYouWhatWillHorsesDo'', predicts the persecution of Christians in an America that has been taken over by Commie Nazis.Nazis. It's as [[SoBadItsGood intellectually]] [[SoBadItsHorrible stimulating]] as it sounds.
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removed Bridge of Spies (its just East Germany as is) and removed Captain America as its too vague for his entry (or even is an example)


* ''Film/BridgeOfSpies'' gives this feel to the East Germans. While obviously Communist, the East German NVA uniforms resemble Wehrmacht ones and UsefulNotes/TheStasi wouldn't look too out of place as members of the SS in the Third Reich. Finally, a gang of trouble-making boys Donovan runs into feel eerily similar to modern Neo-Nazi skinhead groups.[[note]]They're actually Soviet spies put there to frisk the protagonist.[[/note]]
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' HYDRA has not only infiltrated the Soviet and Nazi governments but [[spoiler: the American government and SHIELD as well.]]

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