And a reminder that Fascism is of the left, not the right:
http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8310
Mussolini was a revolutionary Socialist organizer influenced by the theories of Georges Sorel, who was responding to one of the early failures of Marxism. In Marxian âscientific socialismâ, universal revolution was a process that would follow mechanically from the capitalist immiseration of the proletariat. But by the second decade of the new century it was becoming clear that most national proletariats were unwilling to play their appointed role in the theory and indeed tended to be among the most patriotic and nationalist elements of their societies. Class warfare as the engine of international socialism had failed, creating a doctrinal crisis in communist/socialist circles.
Sorel responded by writing a new theory of political motivation he called âirrationalismâ which proposed that instead of fighting popular sentiments like patriotism and nationalist mythology, socialists and communists should embrace them as tools to build and perfect socialism. Mussolini was persuaded, broke with the Socialist Party, and went looking for a vehicle for a Sorelian revolution. He found it in DâAnnunzioâs Fascists and, swiftly shunting DâAnnunzio aside, became their leader.
This for those who have noticed that communist and socialist regimes always end up appealing to nationalist sentiments sooner or later - always - and were wondering why.
The Nazis are just racist socialists imo.
Rowland heaves a sigh of relief otherwise he looks like somebody talking to himself. That NEVER happens he told himself yesterday.
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Iâm sorry. Did you say something?
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