Leftists will sometimes say fascism is “corporatism”, which is to say, in the version their propagandists like to articulate to help differentiate their own delusions from those of the fascists. But this gets things backwards. It does not mean corporations rule the government. That did not happen in Italy. It did not happen in Germany. It did not happen in Spain.
Rather, the government forms a partnership with the largest corporations to mutual benefit. The corporations back the government and support it materially and politically; and in turn the leaders of the government award all the contracts to the Krupps and I.G. Farben’s of the world, which makes their owners enormous amounts of money.
Inherently, Fascism favors large corporations–which can be easily controlled by making sure those in charge support your cause–and denigrates and damages small business.
Inherently, therefore, and in my view this is a necessary conclusion, any policy which damages small business and rewards large business is tending towards fascism.
Obamacare damaged small business. It was heavily supported by the largest insurance providers, who stood to destroy their competition, force industry consolidation, and provide very lucrative, secure business for many years to come. It is not widely commented upon, but most Medicare plans are administered by the very corporations which the Left–in calling for “Medicare for everyone”–denigrates as for profit monsters. Their OWN POLICIES are used to make the largest corporations richer. If they got everything they wanted, we would have de facto Fascism in the insurance business.
But when and where have Leftists ever demonstrated the SLIGHTEST capacity for independent thought?
Finally, and this is the actual point I had started to make, I wanted to note that Communists derive their identity from their PARTY. Fascists get it from their nationalism, Communists from their Party, which their arrogance enables them to equate with the interests of people they don’t understand, which is to say “the workers.”
You have a small, inward-looking cabal in both cases. And practically, of course, the Party equals the delusions and prejudices of narcissistic intellectuals. What is actually referenced is a precise form of mental illness, and shattered reality testing.