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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The first form is a direct quote from Vladimir Lenin: “Fascism is capitalism in decay.”

When did he say that? Fascism would've been very new at the time he died.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I think I have to concede this one. I have found numerous attributions of the quote but no mention of the source. Ultimately, i think it's probably a misquote or a cross-wiring of Lenin's essay: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. I think people are just freely substituting "fascism" for "imperialism". Obviously, leftists would see them as related but shouldn't conflate the two as being equivalent.