Among the discussion threads devoted to racism, conspiracies, and fascist dogma on 4chan’s notorious ‘Politically Incorrect’ board, there is also a small but significant number of posts on the topic of far-right self-improvement. These posts speak in a style that blends the language of self-help and fitness with far-right propaganda and conspiracies, and are designed to turn the movement from aimless online ‘shitposters’ into survivalists and soldiers. This article describes the unique form of self-improvement advice known on 4chan as the ‘iron pill,’ and considers the role that self-improvement plays in radicalisation among the far right online. It addresses how this plays into the history of fascism, looking in particular at the concept of the ‘New Man’ in Italian fascism, and discusses how a political narrative of conspiracy and resistance to imagined tyranny is used to motivate self-improvement, and how this in turn builds and cements radicalisation.

在4chan臭名昭著的“政治上不正确”的董事会上，有关种族主义，阴谋和法西斯教条的讨论话题中，还有极少数但非常多的关于极右自我完善的帖子。这些帖子的讲话风格融合了自助和健身语言以及极右翼的宣传和阴谋，旨在将这一运动从漫无目的的在线“驻军海报”转变为生存主义者和士兵。本文介绍了在4chan上称为“铁丸”的自我完善建议的独特形式，并考虑了自我完善在最右边的在线人群激进化中所扮演的角色。它探讨了这是如何影响法西斯主义的历史的，尤其着眼于意大利法西斯主义的“新人”概念，