Late Stage Capitalism

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[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago* (5 children)

'Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.' - Benito Mussolini, a founder of fascism.

Corporations only exist within the capitalist model

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[+] sartalon@lemmy.world -7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

So Stalin was a corporatist?

Mussolini was trying to push that particular economic agenda at the time he said that. He is generally credited with being the father of modern fascism, but Mussolini himself waffled between different economic policies as he rose to power and led Italy through WWII.

You can be a fascist and an oligarch, socialist, communist, capitalist, etc...

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[–] NotEasyBeingGreen@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago

I'm curious what you think fascism actually is.

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[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No, Stalin was a dictator, and authoritarian (like all states are). You're mixing up facism and authoritarianism maybe?

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

I wish liberals would learn that fascism isn't just a synonym for "thing I don't like"

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[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

The soviets did not merge corporate and state power, they abolished the bourgeois state and established a socialist state. The fascist route would have been to support the Provisional Government protecting bourgeois interests.