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  1. Here's what the Institute of Economic Affairs has to say on the topic, and the book: "Is fascism making a comeback? "Quite a lot of influential people seem to think so. Over the past two years or so, there has been a flurry of books – some of them from high-profile, best-selling authors – warning us of a fascist renaissance, with titles such as How To Stop Fascism (Paul Mason), Sexual Revolution: Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback (Laurie Penny), How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them (Jason Stanley), or Late Capitalist Fascism (Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen). "Since this renewed interest in fascism has been preceded by a revival of socialism as a popular mainstream ideology, it is perhaps unsurprising that most of the new self-declared “anti-fascists” see fascism through a Marxist lens. The orthodox Marxist perspective is that fascism is not a system or an ideology in its own right, but simply the most brutal form of capitalism. In this interpretation, liberal democracy is the form that capitalism takes when the ruling class feels secure in its position, and can afford a few superficial niceties, such as democratic elections and civil liberties. Fascism, on the other hand, is the form that capitalism takes when the ruling class feels under threat, and lashes out – it is capitalism with the gloves off. "This backdrop makes the (re-)publication of Rainer Zitelmann’s book Hitler’s National Socialism unintentionally timely and topical, because it offers, among other things, a much-needed corrective to the narrative peddled by the socialist mainstream." Yes, the socialists aren't going to like it.
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