Post AZKTvwroMFa4QFmKMi by timgatewood@mastodon.world
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 (DIR) Post #AZKTvpukCwlerK64Su by timgatewood@mastodon.world
       2023-09-01T08:03:00Z
       
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       When I refer to the late stage #capitalism we're suffering under now as #fascism, I do so with Mussolini's statement (that fascism is essentially corporatism) in mind. He invented fascism, so he should know it's essential nature. As corporations don't exist in the same way as actual people do, what corporatism means to me is the oligarchs who control and benefit from the corporations want fascism or it won't exist. They create the conditions required for it to grow or oppose those conditions.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZKTvsxKtlciIEKgQC by timgatewood@mastodon.world
       2023-09-01T08:11:43Z
       
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       One of those conditions is the #OvertonWindow , which did not move toward the right on its own. There are countless other examples of reactions by corporate power to the cultural changes of the 1960s and 1970s that explain how we wound up with climate crisis at the same time late stage capitalism is marching into obvious fascism with all the visible consequences to most of us.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZKTvsxKtlciIEKgQD by Aviva_Gary@noc.social
       2023-09-01T16:53:05Z
       
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       @timgatewood word
       
 (DIR) Post #AZKTvv1JDxzQh8CstM by timgatewood@mastodon.world
       2023-09-01T08:17:54Z
       
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       I'm not saying every millionaire is a fascist or fash-adjacent, but at a certain level of wealth (which is assets that generate income), their self interests diverge so far from the rest of us that they can easily become supporters of that evil. Corporate capitalism is a necessary precondition to fascism, as it lets the worst people accumulate too much wealth and power and to convince themselves and their followers that they deserve to rule. Once we have robber barons, they want to be barons.
       
 (DIR) Post #AZKTvwroMFa4QFmKMi by timgatewood@mastodon.world
       2023-09-01T08:21:22Z
       
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       @unclepj  this thread grew out of my post to you. So, I thought you might want to read it. Feel free to comment or boost.