With the recent surprise win for the left in the French elections, some may be tempted to think fascism is on the back foot. Unfortunately, that's not the ca...
> be a capitalist state
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> capitalist ruling class cuts public funding, lowers wages to increase profits for themselves
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> resulting lower living conditions makes working class organize to overthrow capitalist rule
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> ruling capitalist class crushes the leftist movements because they harm capitalists
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> some capitalists blame already marginalized people for the problems to scapegoat them and shift the blame
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> fascists rally people around this idea and make up myths about the country being great before these marginalized people got involved
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> fascists are voted into power since socialist movements have been crushed, and not stopped by the ruling capitalist class because capitalists are not harmed
Capitalism to fascism in a nutshell
> be a capitalist state
⠀
> capitalist ruling class cuts public funding, lowers wages to increase profits for themselves
⠀
> resulting lower living conditions makes working class organize to overthrow capitalist rule
⠀
> ruling capitalist class crushes the leftist movements because they harm capitalists
⠀
> some capitalists blame already marginalized people for the problems to scapegoat them and shift the blame
⠀
> fascists rally people around this idea and make up myths about the country being great before these marginalized people got involved
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> fascists are voted into power since socialist movements have been crushed, and not stopped by the ruling capitalist class because capitalists are not harmed
> country is now a fascist state