I wouldn’t say that’s entirely wrong, fascism being a failure mode of liberalism. The phrase “scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds” or Trotsky’s “Not every exasperated petite bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petite bourgeois” come to mind.
I am of the opinion that any economic model / government will decay into fascism if not appropriately maintained and protected from bad actors. Capitalism is not inherently good nor inherently bad, it’s what we’ve got. The disaster that is the current state (and foreseeable future) of the US is a failure to maintain and protect its government and economy from bad actors. I would be willing to try another economic model if the opportunity arose.
jk though, most people are in that position; in Cuba, Vietnam, China, Russia, etc before the revolution, the masses didn’t read a bunch of books, decide communism sounded like the best way to run things, then overthrow their oppressors.
Though it’s important to understand the effects capitalism has had on society though are inherent to capitalism, not bad individuals doing capitalism wrong. That is the framing fascists use, since they’ve been privileged by the system, they need to invent reasons for its failing that don’t change it structurally. So you get wild conspiracies, foreigners, or whatever else is easy to believe.
chatgpt’s summary didn’t compare liberalism to fascism, I made that comparison myself based on what I read.
I wouldn’t say that’s entirely wrong, fascism being a failure mode of liberalism. The phrase “scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds” or Trotsky’s “Not every exasperated petite bourgeois could have become Hitler, but a particle of Hitler is lodged in every exasperated petite bourgeois” come to mind.
I may have to stop calling myself a liberal. This does not align with my opinions.
If you don’t support capitalism, you aren’t a liberal.
I am of the opinion that any economic model / government will decay into fascism if not appropriately maintained and protected from bad actors. Capitalism is not inherently good nor inherently bad, it’s what we’ve got. The disaster that is the current state (and foreseeable future) of the US is a failure to maintain and protect its government and economy from bad actors. I would be willing to try another economic model if the opportunity arose.
What does this make me?
Practical.
jk though, most people are in that position; in Cuba, Vietnam, China, Russia, etc before the revolution, the masses didn’t read a bunch of books, decide communism sounded like the best way to run things, then overthrow their oppressors.
Though it’s important to understand the effects capitalism has had on society though are inherent to capitalism, not bad individuals doing capitalism wrong. That is the framing fascists use, since they’ve been privileged by the system, they need to invent reasons for its failing that don’t change it structurally. So you get wild conspiracies, foreigners, or whatever else is easy to believe.