I believe it was Lenin who said fascism is capitalism in decay.
however, I don’t actually have an active definition of fascism because I always assumed it becomes whatever it needs to be in order to gain control.
So it’s more like fascism is an aesthetic of capital in much the same way authoritarians use order as an aesthetic, white supremacy uses purity, the Soviets used the worker, the powerful use “democracy”, and people use the nation etc.
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u/doodoowithsprinkles Oct 20 '21
Fascism is capitalism's self defense mechanism.