• LeninWeave [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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    9 hours ago

    but you can easily get them to hate billionaires and federal establishment corporatists

    The effect of blunting revolutionary language like this is to defend capitalism. How often have we all heard “the problem isn’t capitalism, it’s corporatism” or “it’s oligarchy”, often closely followed by an unfavorable comparison between America and one of its enemies. This leads directly into reformism at best, which leads directly nowhere.

    I’m not trying to attack you here, but I have never seen the word “corporatism” used outside the context of either obscure discussions of Italian fascism or (much more commonly) defending American capitalism from criticism.