In contrast to Germany, the U.S.A. had a constitution which was democratic from the start. And its ruling class managed, particularly during the imperialist era, to have the democratic forms so effectively preserved that by democratically legal means, it achieved a dictatorship of monopoly capitalism at least as firm as that which Hitler set up with tyrannic procedures. This smoothly functioning democracy, so-called, was created by the Presidential prerogative, the Supreme Court’s authority in constitutional questions, the finance monopoly over the Press, radio, etc., electioneering costs, which successfully prevented really democratic parties from springing up beside the two parties of monopoly capitalism, and lastly the use of terroristic devices (the lynching system). And this democracy could, in substance, realize everything sought by Hitler without needing to break with democracy formally. In addition, there was the incomparably broader and more solid economic basis of monopoly capitalism.
the US is the only country in the world whose constitution permits slavery
That explanation is comparatively tolerable for a lib to hear, because it preserves the fantasy that the US has ever been a democracy at any point in its history.
The libs did not in fact tolerate Lukács (unless I misunderstood you)
Right, they didn’t, but they’d still have preferred Lukács’ preservation of the democratic fantasy than to have that too dismantled.
Gotcha, people have just been sending me such weird gotchas about Destruction of Reason idk anymore
