Sean Andrews wrote:
But the idea that the thing that made Nazi Germany *NOT* capitalist is
the absence of some consumer fantasy about constant consumption is an
a-historical projection of post-war western societies of mass
consumption backwards into the pre-war society ...
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Actually, I think it's because capitalism's defenders equate the system with
political democracy so for them, by definition, Nazi Germany and other
fascist states can't be "capitalist" as they understand the term. Or, if
they concede the economy of fascist states is somehow capitalist, that is
not their "essence". The political system, rather than property ownership
and property relations, is determinative. That seems to be where David ended
up. It also explains why he and others link the fascists to one-party
socialist states rather than to the multi-party capitalist democracies.
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