At the same time, he believed that Malcolm was attracted to contrarianism, not out-and-out fascism. He had finally found his community and established some authority within it. Malcolm’s title would be Führer.įerguson describes himself as an “anarchist shithead.” At first, this sensibility expressed itself as irreverence. He built a German village where they could host reenactments-capture the flag, but with guns and SS uniforms.
From there, he started fixating on anti-Semitic memes and inversions of history. They funneled new followers into their own role-plays-one based on Star Wars, where they were the Sith another based on Vietnam, where they were the Americans and one based on World War II, where they were the Nazis.įerguson says that Malcolm’s interest in Nazism began with his discovery of the edgelord messaging board 4chan. To grow their influence, the boys would invade other groups, charging in as Malcolm shouted the lyrics to System of a Down’s “ Chop Suey!” over Skype.
