Of course, there will be many interpretations, but what are the defining Marxist ideas on the definition?
I ask, because you see a lot of libs and liblefts calling America fascist, but then being asked how, and not being able to respond. It makes them (and us, because we always get lumped in with them) look bad. I’d like to be able to step in if I ever witness such a thing.
I usually use Ur-Fascism just because I don’t know anything better. Fascism is such a squishy phenomena, a politics of vibes, an economics of mask off capitalism. I like what Day is saying, I’m going to save the essay to chew through later.
We really just should be able to drop the concept of fascism entirely and recognize and name liberalism for what it is.
Liberalism: the people born with significant economic and social advantages are liberated to use their advantage to oppress and exploit the shit out of everyone else.
It’s more complex than that. It is the idea that, because we are all equal before the law (as opposed to before where legal privileges were inherited, bought and sold) those that have more have earned it righteously and are therefore liberated in their ability to negotiate contracts with other citizens. This, of course, is nonsense thought from a historical materialist standpoint, but from an idealist standpoint it makes total sense.