Sorry to do this debate-bro stuff, but how would you respond to someone who says fascism is left-wing?

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=qOsVqXMFAdg is two rightists talking is fascism left or right, and Gerard Casey concludes that fascism is left-wing. He cites the Fascist Manifesto of 1919, which in fairness does look pretty left-wing, is mostly about worker benefits.

Counterpoints I can think of:

  • Fascism is inegalitarian.

  • Fascism is oppressive

  • Fascism is about privatisation – but I'm not very clued in on the history of this, on what industries fascist governments privatised and how consistent they were with this. Did they also nationalise other industries?]

  • Unask the question, say 'left' and 'right' are meaningless

Again, sorry about this. Obviously not trying to defend fascism, just trying to get clarity.

  • heartheartbreak [fae/faer]
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    1 year ago

    Read blackshirts and reds by Michael parenti. The whole book is specifically about this and goes into it in great detail.