Why do people think fascism is a concept inherently white?
It’s alive and well (and very bloody) in both African countries as well as Asian. Hell, we can throw in the Arabs as well. Religion is fascist by It’s very nature.
I believe South America, as well, has had its share of fascist dictators.
Basically every part of the world has or have had it share of dictators, warlords and other such fascist overlords.
It’s by no means exclusive to any people, ethnicity or even form of rule. Humanity is just rife with shitheads.
I’m agreeing with you, just adding on to what you were saying.
I know. :) I wasn’t telling you off. Just continuing my rant a bit.
This is such a stupid take. This cannot be a real human guy walking around. Its got to be a bot.
A concentration of power away from the larger people and into a small group is not a symptom of capitalism or communism respectively.
The concentration of wealth is a known feature of capitalism, and wealth gives you more power. Why mention communism, no one is talking about communism.
Capitalism does not inherently lead to the concentration of wealth. Laissez Faire Capitalism might, but the world over chooses to regulate its markets and can empower a public system of laws and taxation which can stop or reverse wealth concentration.
I bring up Communism as an example of non-capitalist state which leads to authoritarianism.
Chuckles seemed to cover the first part, so I’ll just reply to the second: communism has not yet happened yet so you can’t know if it would lead to authoritarianism. Has a few attempts at a state with the intention of setting for communism turned authoritarian? Possibly, but not what’s being described here.
Firstly, that’s true it’s never be successfully implemented. Second, it’s a lot more than just “a few” attempts.
Goddamn, that’s a lot of fucking words to say “yeah, capitalism leads to wealth concentration, but you can counter that with systems designed around that”. Except, ya know, regulatory capture happens too. Eventually, all forms of capitalism end up at fascism because of that.
Authoritarianism <> fascism. Fascism is a specific flavor of Authoritarianism that fits extremely well on the tail-end of late stage capitalism. Because it’s trigger is often “wealth disparity has gotten so bad that the only way to fix our economic woes is to tackle that first” and then that’s when capitalists pull out the fascist populism card.
It’s actually relatively few words for your average comment on this topic. If people hadn’t democratically voted for fascist populism in the few cases where it has occurred, then it wouldn’t have happened. It’s a bit late in the game to be saying hopefully people learn from the mistakes of the past, but even if we assume your assertion that all forms of capitalism eventually lead to an authoritative state, without any reasoning and very little evidence, there is literally no alternative system. There will always be markets and entrepreneurs.
but even if we assume your assertion that all forms of capitalism eventually lead to an authoritative state, without any reasoning and very little evidence, there is literally no alternative system. There will always be markets and entrepreneurs.
I think you gotta steel man the argument to make progress. They may have used some hyperbole, but they didn’t walk themselves into a corner like you’re saying. Not if you interpret in good faith IMO.
Fascism is a part of human nature, capitalism is a product of having to feed the beast.
