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>>19014634
>but capitalists claim it is a marxist outgrowth
Today, maybe they do claim this. They didn't in the 20-30s, in fact they welcomed fascism, because it was explicitly anti-communist. After WWII, in all of Europe there were strong workers movements aiming at taking control of the means of production, and as you can guess, industrialists were not exactly happy. Fascists said that workers seizing means of production was nonsense, so owners and fascists were natural allies.

>Deus ex machina? [rough translation]
>Puppet in Thyssen's hand!

For those who don't know
>Thyssen was a major German steel producer
>The Nazi rearmament policy and subsequent war made the plants essential to the war economy.
>In 1923, Thyssen met former General Erich Ludendorff, who advised him to attend a speech given by Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party. Thyssen was impressed by Hitler and his bitter opposition to the Treaty of Versailles, and began to make large donations to the party, including 100,000 gold marks ($25,000) in 1923 to Ludendorff.
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