mausy said:
I'm not twist things in my head, I just use simple logic. We live in semantic chaos and I know that, but I don't see any characteristics of fascism which will correspond with right wing characteristics. (You do?) On the other hand I see many which correspond with left (e.g. on the field of the subjectivity of the individual, relation state-individual, economy etc.) I also love this "academically accepted fact" argument. You don't have to think by yourself because is "academically accepted" (btw it's "accepted" more in image created by mainstream media than by actual historians and politologist). The same i see in e.g. global warming issue. Did you read Cialdini's book Influence: Science and Practice? This phenomenon has been well described there. |
But your common sense makes really no sense. The vieuw of the individual in society in fascism corresponds with a conservative view (the individual bound to it's community, in this case, ethnicity), the diversion of economical debate to a racial debate flies completely in the face of any socialist theory while the individual is supposed to be all-supporting to the state, which embodies the nation, which is also clearly not a socialist concept. Marxism-Leninism advocates a state, where the people are supposed to be directly part of and controlling the state, partially through direct democracy (the early SU), but in practice this could turn out into quasi-dictatorial ways (later SU). Most liberal-socialist theories seek to reduce the state in favor of direct democracy and Guild Socialism (which I'm next to ML a proponent of) advocates a new social contract where the people and the state are bound together in guilds where they, through common means of production interact with the state (which is still elected), this gives the people more direct control of the economyn which is the cornerstone of society.
Fascism merely accelerates capitalims to a point which suits them best, namely monopoly capitalism in which they together with the economic hegemons rule through personal relations.
So as you can see, fascism is right wing, this is a commonly and scientifically accepted fact and you don't need to try to throw theory's at my head, I'm an academic myself.
