@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 9 months ago'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureatewww.abc.net.auexternal-linkmessage-square261fedilinkarrow-up1834cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1834external-link'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureatewww.abc.net.au@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 9 months agomessage-square261fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish10•9 months 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•9 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months 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.
Oh, I see. My mistake.
Were they? That parses as “fascism, an outgrowth of capitalism, is a century old”.