In this documentary, Dr. Michael Parenti defines fascism, describes its characteristics, and explains the role fascism plays in serving the rational interest...
Put another way, capitalism is the freedom for the wealthy to exert their power to the fullest extent. In this way, fascism is the fulfillment of capitalism because it empowered “leaders” in each industry to exert raw power over their underlings to their heart’s content. The first thing they did was break organized labor and arrest trade union leaders, because fascism is the antithesis of Marxism (even the fascists were very explicit about this) and Marxism is undisputably the negation of capitalism.
Sorry… ‘arrest’? Who arrested? The police? Then you’re not talking about pure capitism, but about government collusion, which is the antithesis of capitalism.
Marxism is compatible with fascism because you need the state to enforce a huge tax on everyone OR prevent the ability for workers to earn wages from employers directly (and instead get a paycheck from the state)
If we didn’t have a government - say tomorrow there was a complete government collapse and only corporations and people remained - do you genuinely think there would be no one arresting people? Do you think that walmart or disney or whoever would just let people steal from them? No, they would expand their security forces immediately, with no laws to stop them, no laws to say that they can’t just kill theives or people who might be theives or employees who try to quit, etc etc. No laws to say they can’t just reintroduce child labour or bulldose your house to make a parking lot. How is anyone going to fight them, when the rich have billions to raise an army with whereas normal people have comparatively nothing? It wasn’t always the police arresting or killing union people, it was pinkertons or other hired thugs.
unregulated ancap bullshit becomes a land of warlords very quickly.
capitalism does not exist without a state. it is based on private property. a state enforces private property ownership. if there was no state, your ‘pure capitalism’; companies would simply seize property they want. there would be no ‘free-market’, just the ‘market’ of the biggest stick
Hello, I am a libertarian. I like to carry around my own pocket dictionary which I have written all by myself and filled with complete gibberish. I expect everyone else to follow the definitions I have written here because I live an extremely isolated life and do not interact with anyone outside of the internet unless I am paying them. Also, make sure to ask me how I feel about age of consent laws! Thank you.
Put another way, capitalism is the freedom for the wealthy to exert their power to the fullest extent. In this way, fascism is the fulfillment of capitalism because it empowered “leaders” in each industry to exert raw power over their underlings to their heart’s content. The first thing they did was break organized labor and arrest trade union leaders, because fascism is the antithesis of Marxism (even the fascists were very explicit about this) and Marxism is undisputably the negation of capitalism.
Sorry… ‘arrest’? Who arrested? The police? Then you’re not talking about pure capitism, but about government collusion, which is the antithesis of capitalism.
Marxism is compatible with fascism because you need the state to enforce a huge tax on everyone OR prevent the ability for workers to earn wages from employers directly (and instead get a paycheck from the state)
If we didn’t have a government - say tomorrow there was a complete government collapse and only corporations and people remained - do you genuinely think there would be no one arresting people? Do you think that walmart or disney or whoever would just let people steal from them? No, they would expand their security forces immediately, with no laws to stop them, no laws to say that they can’t just kill theives or people who might be theives or employees who try to quit, etc etc. No laws to say they can’t just reintroduce child labour or bulldose your house to make a parking lot. How is anyone going to fight them, when the rich have billions to raise an army with whereas normal people have comparatively nothing? It wasn’t always the police arresting or killing union people, it was pinkertons or other hired thugs.
unregulated ancap bullshit becomes a land of warlords very quickly.
capitalism does not exist without a state. it is based on private property. a state enforces private property ownership. if there was no state, your ‘pure capitalism’; companies would simply seize property they want. there would be no ‘free-market’, just the ‘market’ of the biggest stick
Hello, I am a libertarian. I like to carry around my own pocket dictionary which I have written all by myself and filled with complete gibberish. I expect everyone else to follow the definitions I have written here because I live an extremely isolated life and do not interact with anyone outside of the internet unless I am paying them. Also, make sure to ask me how I feel about age of consent laws! Thank you.