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Why You'll Never Achieve The American Dream

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea -4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

small piece you quoted

As you can tell, my post was already quite long. I linked the original definitions to not hide anything.

The problem with fascism is that there isn't really a single definition that applies everywhere. It's not really based on any ideology, it's merely about growing the state for the benefit of the state. It's authoritarianism sold to the people as benefitting them in some way.

The economic system isn't really the point, though mercantilism seems to be the go-to, perhaps with a segment of the economy using capitalism until it no longer benefits the state.

Capitalism as you said is about private non democratic control.

Exactly. And facism is more about public, non-democratic control.