Recently started and it’s incredibly insightful, even just for more in-depth historical context around movements of the time period. Also chuckled that the intro mentions a couple times social-democracy being the “left-wing of the bourgeoisie/fascism” flattened-bernie

  • FedPosterman5000 [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Damn - when you’re ignorant on history it makes a pretty good story- I had no idea Mussolini was the leader of the Turin Italian Socialist Party and editor of the party paper before he turned heel

    no-fash speech-side-l-1 ”don’t talk to me until I’ve had my opportunism!” speech-side-l-2

    The descriptions of the“reformist right” party in early 20th century Italy could be an exact description of the US dems.

    • “neither support nor sabotage” - contribute to war efforts, but remain ‘abstentionists’
    • ‘’left’ enough to prevent emergence of an organized Left until later
    • profoundly alienated the petit-bourgeoisie, providing the social basis for fascism