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As I explained in my previous post: in the presence of an established and popular revolutionary party, social democrat reformists act to defend capital against them just as fascists do. Therefore, they will continually side with the fascists and can be considered, for all intents and purposes, “social fascists”.

Considering what the SPD did in the 20s and 30s (which is the entire subject of this thread, and every comment I’ve made in it), the theory at least has merit.

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Malspoken [she/her]@hexbear.net

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3 years ago

I would still disagree. Social Dems don’t meet any definition of fascism. It sounds like you’re just declaring anyone who’s not revolutionary as a fascists. But fascists are revolutionary minded as well.

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LeninWeave [none/use name]@hexbear.net

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3 years ago

But fascists are revolutionary minded as well.

Fascism occurs in order to protect the power of capital when faced with revolution. Social democracy also exists to do this. This is why Bourgeois will support both those movements, but never communism. Make of those material motivations what you will.

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Malspoken [she/her]@hexbear.net

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3 years ago

Fascists over throw the government. There’s a significant difference between an actual revolution or a coup vs just electoralism.

I can’t make any comment on if a bourgeois class ever supported a left wing revolution but only because I’m not super well read on global politics or much history.

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LeninWeave [none/use name]@hexbear.net

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3 years ago

Forget about the specific goverment, because that’s largely not the important part. As materialists, we believe that the mode of production primarily shapes society.

Fascists largely maintain the current mode of production, as do social democrats. They aren’t really revolutionary in any sense other than aesthetic, and that’s why they will get large support from bourgeois in order to prevent revolutionary movements from gaining power.

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