• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Not entirely.

    Germany wasn’t having a very successful economy when Nazism started.

    Nor did Italy or Spain.

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      That relies on the assumption that what’s good for the economy is good for the capitalists, they always make sure that capitalism occasionally goes up in flames to take advantage of social unrest.

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        4 months ago

        Considering the capitalists have forced the world to arbitrarily measure the “economy” by measuring how willing rich people are to play in the rich man casino…

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      In fact, fascism often gains support from middle class desperation, with the blessing of the booj who prefer it over communism (which tends to rise from the lower classes during similar times of desperation)