Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.
The opposite is true: fascist regimes worked hand-in-hand with big business. Many companies thrived under fascism, like IBM making the Holocaust more efficient, Mercedes-Benz used over 30,000 forced laborers in their factories, and major corporations like Ford, GM, and IG Farben made massive profits from Nazi war production. Rather than destroying capitalism, fascist “corporatism” actually destroyed labor unions while preserving private property and business profits. Fascist economic programs “favored the wealthy far more than the middle class and working class” — their anti-capitalist rhetoric was just propaganda to win support, not actual policy. The reality is that fascism represents capitalism’s authoritarian mode during crisis, not its replacement.
And that’s not even the kind of critical analysis a socialist would put forward.
IBM and the Holocaust is such a good read, not just on their involvement with the Nazis, but the company origins with coming up with a way to process census data by lifting the punchcard idea from bus tickets.
Holy disinformation, dude, wtf!
The opposite is true: fascist regimes worked hand-in-hand with big business. Many companies thrived under fascism, like IBM making the Holocaust more efficient, Mercedes-Benz used over 30,000 forced laborers in their factories, and major corporations like Ford, GM, and IG Farben made massive profits from Nazi war production. Rather than destroying capitalism, fascist “corporatism” actually destroyed labor unions while preserving private property and business profits. Fascist economic programs “favored the wealthy far more than the middle class and working class” — their anti-capitalist rhetoric was just propaganda to win support, not actual policy. The reality is that fascism represents capitalism’s authoritarian mode during crisis, not its replacement.
And that’s not even the kind of critical analysis a socialist would put forward.
Indeed. I’d suggest IBM and the Holocaust for further reading…IIRC, other companies get a mention as well, such as Ford and GM.
There are a few books on IG Farben’s crimes, and I used to have one on my to-read list, but I cannot find it at the moment.
IBM and the Holocaust is such a good read, not just on their involvement with the Nazis, but the company origins with coming up with a way to process census data by lifting the punchcard idea from bus tickets.