so fascism involves "unfairness"? isn't capitalism "unfair," too?
if so, isn't fascism is the same thing as capitalism? then why use the extra word ^^^^^^ CB: The point here is that those who claim that there can't be fascism because the proletariat is not contending for power , that is, is weak relative to its relative power in the 1930's, impliedly say that the bourgeoisie are going to be fair in the current situation and not use the extreme measures of fascism because the proletariat is relatively weak, as if the bourgeoisie would only use fascist measures when the proletariat is strong. As you say, capitalism will always use unfair measures, whether the proletariat is strong or weak. So, capitalism will use fascist measures even when the proletariat is not challenging for power as today. The difference between today and the 1930's in the working class being more weak and vulnerable today than then is not a reason to rely on the bourgeoisie being fair and not using fascism, because, as you say, the bourgeoisie are always unfair. The world proletariat suffered a historic defeat in the 1990 era, marked especially by the fall of the SU. The bourgeoisie jumps right in and starts kicking the dead horse, not counting on it not coming back to life. The bourgeoisie are indeed so unfair as to kick the proletariat when they are down, trying to delay the time of revival of the Spectre of Communism and Ghost of the Proletariat Past.
