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Ardennes posted:They got pretty far to be honest. But arguably, it wasn't class antagonism (at least in a short term sense) that brought down but simply more situational gently caress ups and fighting absolutely doomed conflicts. Arguably, the Nazis would collapsed eventually because their entire economic structure was based on a short-term time horizon. That's all still rooted in the ideological delusions of fascism and nazism, though. Like, I'm not sure what greater class antagonism there is than a fascist dictatorship going to war with a proletarian dictatorship. The Nazis would have collapsed not necessarily because of a lack of lucre but because of their ideological commitment to violence. The main problem with Nazi economics was providing material to both the civilian and military sectors, and once they've conquered everything they can then the resource problem is already solved. You can force as many slave races to do whatever you want as needed to support the Nazi economy. The problem is, once you've run out of living space and there's no longer a frontier to expand into then all of those expansionistic energies will get turned inward. A party that glorifies war as the highest human achievement will inevitably go to war with itself.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:18 |
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# ? May 23, 2024 14:10 |
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Anime Bernie Bro posted:Sure, if you're looking at things rigidly thru a class-oriented lens, I'm sure the answer is something like "Fascism is what happens when Liberalism steadfastly refuses to accommodate the demands of Labor". You're confusing the products of fascism for the thing itself. Leni Riefenstahl isn't more essentially fascist than any of the others because she got to direct a camera.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:22 |
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Ardennes posted:When have the capitalists ever been "brought to heel" under fascism? Arguably, the state has more direct control over the economy but arguably this is for the benefit of capitalists not their detriment. Porsche and Fiat aren't building tanks for free, far from it. Doesn't this ignore the foreign capitalists that Germany invaded? To whom they owed a mountain of debt?
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:23 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Doesn't this ignore the foreign capitalists that Germany invaded? To whom they owed a mountain of debt? non-German capitalists don’t matter, that’s what the “national” part means
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:25 |
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:
how does that account for fascism prior to full political ascendancy? the disaffected chuds, especially post trump loss, hate the loving government even if they love its police enforcers and corporate owners. I doubt your average protonazi weimar german was all that different
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:30 |
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The Voice of Labor posted:how does that account for fascism prior to full political ascendancy? the disaffected chuds, especially post trump loss, hate the loving government even if they love its police enforcers and corporate owners. I doubt your average protonazi weimar german was all that different The pre-fascist nation is like a body without a brain, and fascists have good brain.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:33 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:Doesn't this ignore the foreign capitalists that Germany invaded? To whom they owed a mountain of debt? I think you're each using a different definition of "capitalist" here. Germany didn't invade Heineken and Philips, they invaded the Netherlands. Heineken and Philips managed the survive the Nazi occupation of their country just fine.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:35 |
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indigi posted:non-German capitalists don’t matter, that’s what the “national” part means But when a military class seizes power, it sees foreign capital as the enemy (because they make the tanks of my enemies) and domestic capital as a means to an end. If making tanks requires placating domestic capital, then so be it. The Voice of Labor posted:how does that account for fascism prior to full political ascendancy? the disaffected chuds, especially post trump loss, hate the loving government even if they love its police enforcers and corporate owners. I doubt your average protonazi weimar german was all that different See, this is exactly it. They worship the military (police included) but severely hate the "bankers" who have seized control over their beautiful country! I'm just spitballing here so if I'm outta line let me know.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:36 |
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Falstaff posted:I think you're each using a different definition of "capitalist" here. Germany didn't invade Heineken and Philips, they invaded the Netherlands. Heineken and Philips managed the survive the Nazi occupation of their country just fine. Quoting myself here, but I think this might have been, or at least came off as, too flippant (sorry about that). The fact is I that outside of the Netherlands (why I used this example), I don't know much about how the Nazis handled business in the territories they invaded. I know that they were very accommodating early in the war in the Netherlands, and less so as the war went on, and I know that they were very brutal to Polish business elites from the start. I suspect that for most other states they were somewhere in between these two points, but the fact is I don't know and I think I might try to do some reading about it.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:45 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:But to the capitalist, there aren't nations. There is no United States or Britain, there is Standard Oil and General Motors who have leverage of those states. Capitalism is global system, after all. otoh the more tanks foreign adversaries make, the more tanks domestic capital has to make. it's a win-win and solves the limited frontier problem with perpetual war
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:45 |
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Skoda for example was nationalized and merged with a holding company controlled by Goring. Capitalism may easily extend across borders but that doesn’t mean capitalists aren’t happy to prey on other capitalists for their own benefit. If anything fascist innately creates a “in group” of industrialists that are protected and free to be prey where ever they want after the military accomplished its objectives. Sometimes the needs of the state takes priority but usually “loyal industrialists” are treated with kid gloves because in the end the state exists to protect their interests. Anyway, like I said, fascism is a short term solution since you eventually run out of loot and slaves to feed into it but it doesn’t mean it is destined to instantly self-destruct. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 04:54 on Jul 10, 2021 |
# ? Jul 10, 2021 04:50 |
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Pener Kropoopkin posted:Fascists themselves aren't really interested in the nuts & bolts concerns of how to order and direct capital. They view themselves as already being "above" class, being actors on the national stage. They just want capitalists to do as they're told and act in the national interest. That's a problem if you want an actual bourgeois dictatorship, but at the same time collaborating with the fascist state guarantees what you want anyway - which is the maximization of profit through force. Fascism in Italy was different then Nazism in that the big military industrial giants literally used Mussolini as their puppet while Nazis had a much more complementary relationship with their industrial giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nddkvl_qqBk quote:The fascists thought of themselves as being anticapitalist, but their experiments in national socialism never panned out. Primarily because they weren't interested in the actual mechanical affairs of state that could make them happen. They just wanted to issue their dictates and it was the job of the organs to figure out how to make it happen. That's why the fascist state in Italy was a lot weaker than people suppose it was. The Nazis resolved this problem through ruthless technocratic bureaucracy. Essentially the Nazis had the power to force a square peg into a round hole and make everything work by command - and they had enough educated technicians and classes who knew how to make them work. You misunderstood the nature of national socialism re the economy. the economics ideology of nazism was Krupp. it was conceived in the higher echelons of the Krupp executives and then integrated into the state itself. The economy was run by Krupp and IG Farben for Krupp and IG Farben. thats how they got it to work. These documentaries are incredibly important https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNPHncu22Bk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtPGaG7g3CE
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 05:14 |
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quote:Beginning in 1943, Allied bombers targeted the main German industrial district in the Ruhr. Most damage at Krupp's works was actually to the slave labor camps
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 05:42 |
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The Voice of Labor posted:what would be a working definition for fascism? the best I got is the belief that bad things happening to people is good as long as they aren't happening to you. I think that's the string that unites the fasc
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 05:58 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:the problem I have with that is that while the capitalists of Germany and Italy benefitted immensely from fascism, they never really had much political power. or maybe they just didn’t need to have any yeah that's the key - the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie doesn't mean individual bourgeoisie have political power but that all politics runs to their benefit. marx writes in 18th brumaire about how the wealthy had to be stripped of governing power for their own good and insofar as a fascist government seizes the reins more tightly than a "democratic" one did it's to that same end
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 08:40 |
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Ferrinus posted:yeah that's the key - the dictatorship of the bourgeoisie doesn't mean individual bourgeoisie have political power but that all politics runs to their benefit. marx writes in 18th brumaire about how the wealthy had to be stripped of governing power for their own good and insofar as a fascist government seizes the reins more tightly than a "democratic" one did it's to that same end Given that it's a bit hard to see why Dimitrovs definition holds true. What was it about the Italian and then German situations which meant reactionary financial capital needs take centre stage? Italian fascists, being in control of a very young country, were still driven by needs to forge a national identity and the Weimar state also seemed to be undergoing a real identity crisis at the time but what's the link to finance over other capitalist formations which would have a more direct association with the nation? That kind of seems to be drawing a connection between two modern things - finance and fascism - based only on their modernity.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 09:39 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:the problem I have with that is that while the capitalists of Germany and Italy benefitted immensely from fascism, they never really had much political power. or maybe they just didn’t need to have any the later right, you could say the same in the us right now formal polical power is different than power, the ability to say no to the war ministry during a war when you make steel is the expression of power
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 12:08 |
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comedyblissoption posted:it's when capitalism fully drops the mask op
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 12:11 |
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Ardennes posted:Anyway, like I said, fascism is a short term solution since you eventually run out of loot and slaves to feed into it but it doesn’t mean it is destined to instantly self-destruct. "Eventually running out of loot & slaves to feed into it" stops at world conquest, so yeah there's a certain element of racing against time there but on the assumption that they can actually win then the issue of civil war and a succession crisis immediately crops up. No actually existing fascist state which wasn't destroyed in a foreign war outlasted the life of its dictator. The crisis of succession becomes a contest between cliques and will arrive at civil war, assuming the state organs haven't become so weak that they can no longer effectively repress liberal and left wing agitation for a new government. Realistically you're never going to reach the "world conquest" stage because there isn't any possibility of a national economy maintaining an autarkic global war - but that's true of everybody. My point is, in its own ideological terms Fascism sets itself up for failure from multiple causes.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 12:53 |
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shamelessly quoting an effortpost about fascism specifically designed to own my dumb rear end when i quoted umberto ecosplifyphus posted:ugh I can't let this poo poo go.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 14:38 |
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Top City Homo posted:Here is a banger https://youtu.be/1rSWhSBmfMA idk who first posted a clip of him here but Infrared is great. He is an accelerationist who is glad that Trump was president, though.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 14:41 |
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It's ok to like people you don't agree with on everything 100%. Haz probably has something wrong with him other than having a few bad opinions though. It's still fun to watch him debate anarcho capitalists and other assorted freaks. Really recaptures a bit of the LF magic.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 14:53 |
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Raine posted:shamelessly quoting an effortpost about fascism specifically designed to own my dumb rear end when i quoted umberto eco This is a great post. I think I missed what "cmop" stands for tho.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 15:09 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:This is a great post. I think I missed what "cmop" stands for tho. caste mode of production maybe?
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 15:21 |
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ASAPRockySituation posted:idk who first posted a clip of him here but Infrared is great. He is an accelerationist who is glad that Trump was president, though. ive watched a couple of these and i dont think infrared is one guy, its a group
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 15:36 |
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Cpt_Obvious posted:This is a great post. I think I missed what "cmop" stands for tho. Presumably "capitalist mode of production"
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 15:54 |
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fart simpson posted:ive watched a couple of these and i dont think infrared is one guy, its a group it’s mostly Haz
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 16:05 |
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the cold war dictatorships of latin america may have imploded but they were ultimately victories of class war
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:24 |
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Top City Homo posted:You misunderstood the nature of national socialism re the economy. the economics ideology of nazism was Krupp. it was conceived in the higher echelons of the Krupp executives and then integrated into the state itself. The economy was run by Krupp and IG Farben for Krupp and IG Farben. thats how they got it to work. hell yeah. If you consider that Thyssen, Rheinmetall et al were almost all led by Juncker-fied new money (or the rare contrary case of the bougiefied aristocrat), then that certain major figures responsible on that aspect were upper middle class ambitious malcontents (Albert loving Speer), then it becomes quite an interesting picture. From this point of view, the nazis act as a highly volatile integrator force to make capitalism "work" through a contradictory extreme: slave labor, the closing of trade, etc. These measures work in the immediate through the increase of productivity but do not develop capitalist economic relations, as they are completely unsustainable
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:25 |
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namesake posted:Given that it's a bit hard to see why Dimitrovs definition holds true. What was it about the Italian and then German situations which meant reactionary financial capital needs take centre stage? Italian fascists, being in control of a very young country, were still driven by needs to forge a national identity and the Weimar state also seemed to be undergoing a real identity crisis at the time but what's the link to finance over other capitalist formations which would have a more direct association with the nation? That kind of seems to be drawing a connection between two modern things - finance and fascism - based only on their modernity. i think dmitrov's "dictatorship" should be read in the same way, in that financiers didn't suddenly start calling the shots so much as the people calling the shots were suddenly willing to use the most open and terroristic means to keep financiers fat and happy
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:29 |
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comedyblissoption posted:the cold war dictatorships of latin america may have imploded but they were ultimately victories of class war could you please elaborate? being Brazilian, I am curious to hear that take
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:41 |
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ASAPRockySituation posted:idk who first posted a clip of him here but Infrared is great. He is an accelerationist who is glad that Trump was president, though. thats not what accelerationism means it just acknowledges that the forces of society and production are outpacing the ability of policymakers to make sense of them and trump was a sign that the neoliberal scientism and professional bureaucratic caste are not able to handle the changes .the excitement is purely out the fact that the established order was taken down by a tv show clown
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:42 |
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Top City Homo posted:thats not what accelerationism means still kind of a weird thing to be excited about
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:45 |
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dead gay comedy forums posted:could you please elaborate? being Brazilian, I am curious to hear that take the dictatorships failed in the sense they were no longer nominal dictatorships, but they are a success by the metrics of class war
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:48 |
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maybe it's helpful to think of the cuban revolution as a big giant warning klaxon to the capitalist class in the US and latin america that theyre going to have to start dropping the mask to get a lid on these situations there's an obvious reason that the US and OAS conspired to isolate cuba diplomatically and economically
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:52 |
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indigi posted:still kind of a weird thing to be excited about the excitement is only about the opportunity to be in a position to make sense of the world where the establishment cannot. That's where the communist party historically came in to explain the world and win the workers to their side i would be excited about it too if i was in haz's shoes the alternative is socialism of fools (anitsemitism xenophobia etc) that will spring up if there is no sober marxist leninst analysis of the world spread in a common language of the times
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 17:54 |
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comedyblissoption posted:they forestalled potential populist revolutions in latin america in a time that they were happening all throughout the world, they prevented greater latin american solidarity and economic exchange with such movements, they kept the workers under heel to a much greater degree than otherwise, and they forged stronger relations with imperialist nations protecting the class structure that persist to this day yeah, right on. For a moment I thought you meant a victory of ours, which is why I was curious edit: more in the sense of the dictatorships being overcome, at least during my first read
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 18:04 |
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Raine posted:caste mode of production maybe? Capitalist mode of production. I have private acronyms for this poo poo apparently.
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 18:52 |
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https://twitter.com/tarikcyrilamar/status/1413813591258583041?s=21 Anyone a subscriber and want to break the paywall?
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 19:19 |
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Raine posted:shamelessly quoting an effortpost about fascism specifically designed to own my dumb rear end when i quoted umberto eco this downplays the emergent fasc. writing them off as proto/crypto whatever ignores the fact that the only difference between a fascist proper and a cryptofascist is that the cypto hasn't yet had two of his fasc friends say "hey, you know, tonight we're going to burn down that apartment building on the other side of town and maybe stomp on a homeless person or two on the way back. it's gonna be a blast, you coming?" there's no innocent, clownyness there, they may just be edgy libs but they're also an opportunistic death squad that are missing only their activation codes and marching orders. in 'merica they're already armed. the outsider/foreign/undesirable thing is also problematic. the identity of the outsider is purely one of opportunism and convenience. the proudboys will gladly take on token minorities because it "proves they aren't racist". modern fascism has no problem with gays because the machismo ideology unsurprisingly is also deeply homoerotic. they have no problem with south/central american immigrants of legal status because they a:prove the system works, b: tend towards conservative beliefs and c: work as a wedge against others immigrating over . I mean, if you want say the outsider is always organized labor, maybe
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# ? Jul 10, 2021 19:49 |