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:
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Fascism is inegalitarian.
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Fascism is oppressive
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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?]
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Unask the question, say 'left' and 'right' are meaningless
Again, sorry about this. Obviously not trying to defend fascism, just trying to get clarity.
The far left seeks the complete and total victory of the working class over the bourgeoisie.
The far right seeks the complete and total victory of the bourgeoise over the working class.
The left/right spectrum is created by the primary contradiction of capitalism, the class struggle generated by the opposing interests of the working class and the bourgeoisie.