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==Influence on Nazi Germany and beyond==
==Influence on Nazi Germany and beyond==
Otto's influence can arguably be seen in the superficiality of German Nazism.  Fascist Germany believed wholeheartedly in [[physiognomy]] and stereotyping, that ones outer-appearance informed ones inner appearance.  Thus German citizens were constantly putting on a show for each other.  By posturing as artistic even when they weren't and a male obsession with conforming to [[chad]] aesthetics.  The idea that superficial qualities  
Otto's influence can arguably be seen in the superficiality of German Nazism.  Fascist Germany believed wholeheartedly in [[physiognomy]] and stereotyping, that ones outer-appearance informed ones inner appearance.  Thus German citizens were constantly putting on a show for each other.  By posturing as artistic even when they weren't and a male obsession with conforming to traditional [[chad]] aesthetics.<ref>
Journal of Contemporary History
Vol. 31, No. 2, Special Issue: The Aesthetics of Fascism (Apr., 1996), pp. 245-252</ref> [[Physiognomy]] also became a fairly large part of [[4chan]] and [[tumblr]] culture, paritcularly [[4chan]] where various sterotypes were created based on casual analysis of superficial physical qualities.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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