• therealdries@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    They’re not fascists. They are liberals - and like liberal elites throughout history, they are utterly incapable of defending their precious private property by themselves. That is what they need the hencherproletariat for - fascists.

    Fascism does not beget fascism - liberalism begets fascism. The liberal economic order is popping rivets all over the place… so some of these elites are building bunkers in New Zealand, while others do what liberal elites have always done when their power and privilege is facing a threat from below - feeding growth hormone to the vilest and most violent elements of the working class - the hencherproletariat. That is why you see liberals like Trump, Musk and literally a “whose who” laundry list of liberal elites enabling fascists and inviting them into power structures - they are essentially holding auditions for Hitlers and Pinochets.

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        Not true at all. The liberal elite that funds fascist violence does not do so to become fascist themselves, but to remain a liberal elite when their power and privilege is threatened. By classifying all these liberal elites as “fascist,” you are painting over the fundamental class divisions that separate the true working-class fascist from the true bourgeoisie liberal capitalist.

        Are you sure you want to do that? Because if so, you will have to classify every liberal regime who funds instrumentalised fascist violence through the institution of police as “fascist…” and you might find yourself in very confusing territory because of that rather quickly.