21 Jun 2022 5:10 pm
Fascism was actually more 'socialist' than communism...both in theory and in practice.
A major factor in fascist socialism was their desire to get 'off the grid' of international finance. (german persecution of the jews was of course forcing such an outcome anyway)
fascists did not attempt to micromanage markets...but you dont need to do that for socialism.
they had strong syndicalist policies, much like the 'new deal' by FDR (indeed they praised the new deal)...they had massive make work programs especially around infrastructure...and the state reserved the right to just tell any industry what they were allowed to do. (unfortunately, thanks to war, this meant a lot of car manufacturing had to halt production and work on tanks instead, for example...the war was bad for their economy but it still thrived)
A major factor in fascist socialism was their desire to get 'off the grid' of international finance. (german persecution of the jews was of course forcing such an outcome anyway)
fascists did not attempt to micromanage markets...but you dont need to do that for socialism.
they had strong syndicalist policies, much like the 'new deal' by FDR (indeed they praised the new deal)...they had massive make work programs especially around infrastructure...and the state reserved the right to just tell any industry what they were allowed to do. (unfortunately, thanks to war, this meant a lot of car manufacturing had to halt production and work on tanks instead, for example...the war was bad for their economy but it still thrived)