@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 1 month ago'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureatewww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square316fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1806arrow-down1external-link'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureatewww.abc.net.au@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square316fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkEnglish8•1 month agoWeber died in 1920. Fascism had literally only existed by name for a year before he died. He was not arguing about fascism, hence fascism never being mentioned on that Wikipedia page.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 month ago Fascism was an outgrowth of capitalism that’s barely a century old. This was what I was responding to, and the way it’s worded it seemed (to me at least) they were saying capitalism is barely a century old.
minus-square@AqariuslinkEnglish1•1 month agoWere they? That parses as “fascism, an outgrowth of capitalism, is a century old”.
Weber died in 1920. Fascism had literally only existed by name for a year before he died. He was not arguing about fascism, hence fascism never being mentioned on that Wikipedia page.
This was what I was responding to, and the way it’s worded it seemed (to me at least) they were saying capitalism is barely a century old.
Were they? That parses as “fascism, an outgrowth of capitalism, is a century old”.
Oh, I see. My mistake.