You said liberalism is the ideological superstructure of capitalism, as if it was the only one. But there is also fascism, right? Were you imprecise, or am I missing something?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I'd say imprecise, for the sake of short convo. Liberalism in my view is the "normal" ideological superstructure of capitalism, and fascism is the ideological superstructure of capitalism in crisis, when capital needs to violently assert itself to maintain the existing way of things. It's what happens when the rulers can't rule in the old way, and/or the people can't live in the old way, but when the proletariat is without a vanguard, or a weak one.

[–] jorge@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

After reading your comment, I have come across this: https://redsails.org/really-existing-fascism

It says:

Nietzche is to fascism and liberalism what Karl Marx is to communism
It is confusing to think of fascism as the death rattle of capitalism in decay. Fascism and liberalism coexist. Fascism is based on what Marx called "primitive accumulation", which is violent expropriation. Liberalism is based on (superficially) voluntary exploitation of surplus-value. Liberalism is more common in the empire core, while fascism is more common in the perifery.

The poor summary above is meant to entice you to read the article. Please do! And then post it on Lemmy for we to discuss. Please message me when you do.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

I actually read that a while ago! It is an interesting article.