"Fascism never went away because it is a tool of capitalist oligarchy always kept in reserve in case “liberalism” fails to control the population with its more subtle methods. As Gramsci so well identified, the utilization of a hegemonic culture to control the population does not mean that the state and oligarch weapons of coercion and violence are put away. They are always kept available for use, and many times used in specific instances requiring a “heavier hand”.
It is sad that so many of the “alternative” commentators mistake the Trumps, the Melonis, the Farages, the Weidels for agents of real change. But that is the genius of the oligarchy, it excels at co-option, corruption and misdirection to keep the eyes of the working majority away from the greatest problem in society; themselves. And also to mislead the majority into serving the interests of the small oligarch minority."
Good read
“Neo-liberal oligarchs” don’t exist they are all just crypto-fascists. The “neo” in “neo-liberalism” is simply a recognition that they are not liberals, they just hide behind liberalism and twist it to their will. Liberalism is a self conflicting ideology. “Freedom” is highly subjective based on who is saying it and “Equality” is directly at odds with “Protection of private property” and we know which side of the divide the oligarchs land on every time and the “neo” prefix is the recognition of that.
In a way Capitalists are more fascist than the 3rd reich because the target of their hate isn’t just Communist, Jewish, and LGBTQ people, its everyone. Capitalists would love the return of slavery, would take an active part in eugenics, they would exterminate entire peoples for profit, etc. They believe the working class are sub human and the less productive should be exterminated. They feel the same way about their competitors even.
“Neo-liberal oligarchs” don’t exist they are all just crypto-fascists. The “neo” in “neo-liberalism” is simply a recognition that they are not liberals, they just hide behind liberalism and twist it to their will.
You’re technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Neoliberal is just easier for the average reader to understand.
I think “there is no neo-liberalism” is a good agitprop line to use on radlibs. Tons of people will agree that neo-liberalism is bad and many could even accept the explanation that neo-liberalism is just fascism. Then you hit them with the idea that fascism co-exists with liberalism under the rule of capitalism. Twist their “horseshoe theory” brain worm into a “number 6 on its side.” All that is left then is liberal-fascism and communism.
I think a big part of agiprop needs to be to kill the myth of “centerism” and “ballance.”
“The way I see it there are 2
classes, the proletariat and the bourgeoise.ideologies, communism and fascism And anybody not on one side is on the other.”
Even the classical liberals knew that the “personal liberty” thing was all bunk and twisted themselves into knots either justifying slavery or just not counting the enslaved and lower working classes as part of those entitled to personal liberty.
