Jon Johanning wrote:
> All and all, I would say, the "big business bankrolled
> Hitler" thesis is probably attractive to a lot of leftists
> because (1) it reinforces the vulgar Marxist view that
> social classes are monolithic units -- all the "ruling
> class" is alike and acts in concert, and all the
> "working class" does too (or should, once it gets
> properly organized under the vanguard Party), [...]
I think it's more the view that authoritarianism must come from the existing ruling class and never autonomous populism. Any obviously repressive populism must, ipso facto, be a marionette of the ruling class.
-- Shane
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