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[–]SoylentCapitalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

The main criticism is that capitalism leads to a materialistic society right? What higher value is fascism giving society?

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

What higher value is fascism giving society?

Faith, family and nation.

[–]SoylentCapitalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I assume you mean fascism is simply better at encouraging these things at the cost of more authoritarianism, because you can have these under a capitalist system.

[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

these things at the cost of more authoritarianism

The cost? Liberalism is itself the most authoritarian system ever invented because in practice it has tied man to his basest instincts, tethered him to his nastier passions while also giving him the illusion that he has liberated himself. That is hell. The only solution to that is an illiberal response and the only people who use words like 'authoritarianism' are people who are under the illusion that they themselves are liberated and not actually being coerced.

All economies are planned and all societies are totalitarian in one way or another. The only difference is who's in charge and what their desires and motives are.