Islamism is a fascism? (was "Herman responds")

[Grant Lee]

Briefly, it seems to me that the crucial difference between present day
Islamists and (say)  the Italian and German fascists of the 1920s and 30s,
is that the latter managed to: (1) hit enough populist notes with a
substantial proportion of the masses, prior to taking power; while also (2)
winking at the (then) dominant layers of international capital (e.g. heavy
industry, FIRE, etc.), as shown by their relations with GM, IBM, German
cartels, Swiss banks etc.

Islamists have achieved (1), at least to the extent of becoming rulers in a
few semi-industrialised states and powerbrokers in many more. However (and
in spite of Bin Laden's own family background), their relationship with
capital in general seems uneasy, at least as long as Islamists maintain
their traditional antipathy to usury, etc.