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The premise of American History X doesn't even bear out this stupid fucking idea. The story isn't about a guy watching a movie-as-cautionary-tale. It's about a neo nazi idealist who has his ideology crushed to smithereens by the consequences he endured as a direct result of that ideology. Fascism came home and ruined his life and his family. He hit rock bottom.
You know what also has a rock bottom? The
The story of redemption isn't him just leaving the life. It's also him trying to save his brother and other disaffected kids from doing the same. He is going to live a life trapped inside the box his younger self placed him in. He's out of the prison he didn't make and now inside the one he did make. He'll be there forever or until fascism dies.
I might not be the smartest about analyzing film but I always thought the entire point was that he couldn't call it even just because he called it quits. There was work to be done.