Hipster Hitler is viral marketing gone awry
Chris Spags 
What do you get when you mix a viral marketing campaign for an unnamed product with the genocide of a whole lot of innocent Jewish people? Hipster Hitler. Yes, a hipster version of Hitler lies in the video after the jump.
Now I don’t totally mind conjuring up the image of Hitler to sell products; on occasion, if done correctly and humorously, it can be effective. But what exactly is a viral video of a hipster version of Hitler going to sell you? Some snazzy Reich top coats from Urban Outfitters? A Spike Jonze adaptation of Mein Kampf? Seems like a fairly limited pitch to make.
Plus no hipster is organized enough to commit mass genocide and invade other countries. If Hitler were a hipster, he’d probably be constantly discussing taking over Poland and killing Jews, but end up just listening to the Arcade Fire and smoking a bowl, saying he’d do it if he had been given a trust fund like his classmates at NYU. Skinny jeans and star tattoos aren’t exactly a roadmap to success.
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