The attack Gentile and Mussolini carry out against capitalism is (at least) threefold, and its underlying rhetoric is no different from the one of contemporary anticapitalistic and allegedly antifascist movements. First, Gentile and Mussolini advocate a greater role for government in the economy. Second, they condemn both methodological and political individualism, asserting the importance of collectivism and collective identities. Third, they blame "economism" and the role economic constraints play in shaping human behavior, deploring materialism and advocating governments that transcend the praxeological and sociological laws of economics.
>>38975711 (OP) The viscerally anti-individualistic philosophical approach of fascism is clearly laid out throughout the whole essay. For instance, in the paragraph appropriately titled "Rejection of Individualism and the Importance of the State," the fascist ideology is explicitly labeled as "anti-individualistic," insofar as fascism "stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of the State."
Again, doesn’t this kind of rhetoric have a familiar ring? Is it so different from contemporary antiglobalization advocates and anticapitalists arguing against, say, economic globalization, because—in their illiberal perspectives—it benefits only capitalists and entrepreneurs, neglecting the needs of the collectivity and the ultimate well-being of the nation? Can’t they see how close their interpretation of modern sociological and economic phenomena is to the fascist viewpoint? Should an entrepreneur refrain from freely trading with global partners just because the alleged interest of his nation (or collectivity) would be to preserve domestic national employment? Classical liberals would definitely answer no, whereas anticapitalists, antiglobalization activists, and fascists would all together answer yes.
In the end, when it comes to balancing the interests of individuals against the interests of collectivities and the nation, many modern anticapitalists are no different from "classical" fascists.
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>>38975711 (OP) Lastly, many contemporary (leftist) anticapitalists share with the fascist rhetoric both a sort of utopian antimaterialism and a kind of mystical idea of the mission that states and governments are vested with.
As a matter of fact, the idea that a state should not passively accept the outcomes of freely chosen economic interactions and voluntary exchanges is widely held by modern (leftist) anticapitalists. Analogously, in the last lines of the paragraph titled "Rejection of Economic Liberalism – Admiration of Bismarck," Mussolini and Gentile blame classical liberalism for the "agnosticism it professed in the sphere of economics and…in the sphere of politics and morals."
In other words: fascists, just like modern anticapitalists, cannot accept that welfare-maximizing human beings naturally seek to engage in exchanges that each person thinks will make him or her better off. Instead, anticapitalists would like to substitute "morally superior" choices forced on consumers by the state.
>>38975711 (OP) Фашизм - это социализм без евреев, антирасизма и ликвидации частной собственности. (((Большевики))) зафорсили фашизм и нацизм как крайне правые, реакционные течения.
>>38975711 (OP) As Cicero stated, "Historia magistra vitae." Knowledge of history is helpful to avoid past mistakes. When it comes to anticapitalism, all its branches share more than their promoters are willing to admit. More precisely, every anticapitalistic ideology promotes government interventionism, contempt for individual freedom, antimaterialism, and a mystical view of government’s role and nature. They all start with anticapitalism; they all end with dictatorships, slaughters, wars, and misery.
>>38975736 И что? Что-то мне подсказывает, что для многих здесь критерий национализм/интернационализм будет важнее страшилок для американских старпёров про социализм, каргокультист и диванный миллиардер наш. >>38975797 >были лучшими друзьями совка Целых пару лет. Сразу видно большого историка.
The attack Gentile and Mussolini carry out against capitalism is (at least) threefold, and its underlying rhetoric is no different from the one of contemporary anticapitalistic and allegedly antifascist movements. First, Gentile and Mussolini advocate a greater role for government in the economy. Second, they condemn both methodological and political individualism, asserting the importance of collectivism and collective identities. Third, they blame "economism" and the role economic constraints play in shaping human behavior, deploring materialism and advocating governments that transcend the praxeological and sociological laws of economics.
https://mises.org/wire/todays-anticapitalists-are-closer-fascism-they-think