The New Rise of Fascism in Italy

[@blondezeke6640]

Fascism with girl boss characteristics lmao

[@roninecostar]

Oh the patriarchy

[@samt1661]

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[@AnemoiaGuy]

​@@roninecostarmodern day feminism in nutshell

[@MalitoSC]

Bourgeois feminism ​@@AnemoiaGuy

[@YrianArkemenide]

@@MalitoSCAll modern feminism is bourgeois feminism.

[@lucastudios86]

Italian here: using a rave party in Modena as an excuse, the new government already tried to ban all non authorized meetings with more than 50 people, with a penalty of up to 6 years of prison for the organizers. They only agreed to slightly modify the law after massive backlash

[@Redsky973]

Io non comprendo come qualcuno possa pensare che sia una buona idea

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Come lei abbia fatto a salire a quel punto mi sfugge.

[@matteojaco8642]

Is a violation of free speech. But can you really blame them?

[@bruhzzer]

they also tried to ban english, I was about to go outside with molotov's in my hands

[@bruhzzer]

​@@matteojaco8642yes

[@freakalmighty2533]

Update on Meloni's Fratelli D'Italia with regards to "anti-establishment", "pro-worker" aesthetics: Heavy resistance to demands for a minimum wage. Dismantlement of social safety nets. At local levels, party members are also doing their best to roll-back rights for the lgbtq+ community, but that isn't happening on a national level yet. Climate change denial is surprisingly ramping up this summer. It's almost funny to me, watching a far-right government coming in after decades of neo-liberalism, and finding that everything they planned to do has already been done. It'll probably be the same in France when Macron is done, if the left fails once again. All that's really left for these misanthropes to do, is to ramp up discrimination, because Europe has been handing over the keys to anarcho capitalism for quite some time now.

[@wilburdemitel8468]

word salad idiot

[@t.m.2415]

Keep us up to date comrade! Carpe Diem.

[@mahdiadib9295]

"if the left fails once again." thankfully wasn't the case.

[@oryxcalrissian6917]

@@t.m.2415Update: the French left got their shit together and beat the far-right to win a majority in the French National Assembly! Also, Keir Starmer and the Labor Party have decimated the Tories (although Starmer is more Tony Blair than Clement Attlee or Harold Wilson), so it looks like things in Europe are gonna be…interesting for the next few years, to say the absolute LEAST.

[@EliasBenammar]

Aspen institute, WEF and billionaire media at work

[@grumpfrog8602]

There's so much shit i hate about right wingers and discourse about them. But I think I've decided that people pretending fascists funded by billionaires and multinational corporations are "anti-establishment" just because they ignore "political correctness" or whatever. The sheer ignorance and/or deceptiveness on display with that statement makes me want to yank my hair out.

[@BesDMarx]

It truly is frustrating, we must relentless in our critique and in hurry with our organizing

[@muhammadfirdausbinsyahrom]

@@BesDMarx if so what's your idealogy? Just asking, its not like I'm gonna be mad or something

[@somethingelse9228]

@@muhammadfirdausbinsyahrom He's a communist

[@Homam99DH12]

Which multinational corporations

[@Cybersyn]

It's like when Ben Shapiro called conservatives "punk rock".

[@giacomozanni1462]

As an Italian I am going to use this series to present the post-WWII history of fascism in Italy. Thank you so much you made me learn more about my own country!

[@BesDMarx]

I appreciate it so much, thanks Giacomo!

[@user-gu3we4cy8n]

Hope you will do one day smthing on postyugoslav teritory,love your videos so much,amazing job ​@@BesDMarx

[@jackotaco5054]

This entire series was great. Please do an likewise analysis on the fascist movement in Sweden. We recently had an election that resulted in the Sweden democrats a party founded by Waffen SS volunteers and Neo Nazis winning 20% of the votes. Making it the second largest party in Sweden (after the social democrats) and the largest party in the right wing bloc and (probably since nobody has formed a government yet) the biggest party in the government.

[@BesDMarx]

Thank you Jacko! That's on my list, you made me push that up even more

[@olhi8445]

Yes please

[@jackotaco5054]

@@BesDMarx Wow thanking you for responding to my comment and considering my suggestion. Looking forward to your future projects whatever it ends up being!

[@johay899]

Thanks man

[@MrCarlWax]

As a Swede I would love this analysis.

[@dango6266]

The amount of people here openly supporting a party and person who have openly declared themselves fascist with all the iconography that comes with it is definitely disturbing.

[@iron_guard47]

Why is it disturbing?

[@eevve9894]

​@@iron_guard47 Because fascist are big dictator bullies who deform laws to hurt and kill people.

[@louismanet3656]

Liberalism is not the opposite of fascism. It is its cause.

[@Authoritarianism-Rising]

Fascism is also the negation ( opposite) of liberalism, socialism and democracy. 💯💯💯

[@MasontheRedman]

@@Authoritarianism-Rising liberalism isn’t compatible with socialism

[@lobotomyio]

Lies

[@freyfaust6218]

Fascism is socialism

[@GodlikeIridium]

​@@Authoritarianism-RisingLol no... It's almost the same... Mussolini was a communist. Fascism his adaptation of it to spread it in Europe. Anarchists are the real extreme right. But they think they're left extreme... This whole left-right bs is just left propaganda since fascism...

[@guccipucci3941]

Bes, Hakim and Yugopnik Podcast when? :D Ausgezeichnetes Video, mal wieder!!

[@alexgunderson1422]

Bruh ever since hitler and Missoni made fascist and nazisem it comes back more then william afton in fnaf

[@BrigitteEmpire]

This was equal parts terrifying and fascinating, thank you for giving such a thorough overview

[@BesDMarx]

Thanks very much Brigitte!

[@joseavellaneda4921]

it is not, i live here and this video is too exaggerated, even if she has some tendencies, her politics are very neutral

[@Gigadoomer13]

You should join the 48% Tr00n. Go dilate somewhere else you f#cking globalist kid fiddler.

[@Killazaa]

@@joseavellaneda4921 Your blatant dishonesty is shameful.

[@joseavellaneda4921]

@@Killazaa maybe you should explain why

[@MichaelRossi2006]

I'm italian and i can confirm everything that this video shows up. Forza ragazzi, non molliamo!

[@BesDMarx]

Nice! Non ci arrenderemo mai!

[@MichaelRossi2006]

@@BesDMarx When Will you make a video on the Red brigades?

[@auditorium.1922]

I can't

[@rijjhb9467]

Sure, but we had AN and then FDI in various government since 1994. Is this really that different? Sorry but I don't see the danger of a fascist takeover of "democracy", and the reason is simple: they don't need to. The only moderately leftist party left in Italy is the M5S and right now they are not even remotely able to pose a threat to the system.

[@gitrektskrub178]

​@HerrHoffmandumbass

[@Bronson37848]

One of the best new pages on YT. Great job!

[@BesDMarx]

Flm shume!

[@Bronson37848]

@@BesDMarx ska gje 😁

[@cheeseflavoredsoda3262]

They always tell you that right wing parties are rising, but they never tell you why.

[@toast_in_a_bucket7803]

Hi! Italian here! Because of CIA intervention in our politics throughout the Cold War that completely prevented us from getting rid of fascism and that crippled our left to the point where nowadays there are no real leftist parties that matter

[@harrysliyoko8809]

Fascism always rises when times are dire, when humans are desperate they resort on the blame game.

[@cheeseflavoredsoda3262]

@@harrysliyoko8809" Blame game", again trying to gaslight people into thinking there's nothing wrong when everything is wrong.

[@CrackaPackify]

​@@cheeseflavoredsoda3262cut out the nonsense and blame the Jews, you'll get there eventually

[@drunorthodox]

@@cheeseflavoredsoda3262fascists are always trying to rise they use manipulation and fear to gain power

[@Bscybfan1996]

really really really good video. im half italian but not living there so im grateful to get some information about all of this. thanks again

[@battse7718]

Okay this brings a question. What the other party is doing that was so bad people would rather elect Fascists? I mean they gotta be doing something wrong.

[@maya07_11]

all of them are fake ass and corrupt

[@ZettyLad]

People would rather have anything else than neoliberalism. There's a reason why even things like communism are on the rise.

[@mconfalonieri]

Just as an example: during all the pandemics the governments supported by Italy's centre-left party said that they would refund national healthcare. But under Draghi's government they clearly said there would be no money for healthcare. Meloni's was the only party not partaking this technocratic orgy. Also, looking at the numbers, this was the political election where less people went to vote: the numbers state clearly that Meloni won because people who previously voted for centre-left parties were too disgusted to go to vote. The horrible electoral law that allowed her to be in the majority was created by the main centre-left party that hoped to push back on the "third party" Movimento 5 Stelle. I despise Meloni, but the centre-left party, PD, brought this disgrace upon itself and all of us.

[@FastlaneProductions1]

Bingo

[@BigBl0ck-r9y]

​@@mconfalonieriWhere used to have way to many parties 2 I was going to vote for the melon last time but the way to many parties And I wanted to be in forms I didn't vote at all!

[@mimi5769]

Fascism never died in Italy sadly

[@maya07_11]

that's true,we never even had a Nuremberg trial even though in Germany they had that and they still implemented the same fascists in the gov

[@mimi5769]

@@maya07_11 true

[@ProdbyVro]

happily

[@iron_guard47]

Sadly? No,I think you should be proud you're there are real politicians who actually care about their people,and want them together.

[@PinkBeardPrime]

​@@iron_guard47Say you are a fascist without sating you are a fascist.

[@josemaria8177]

Solidarity to all italian comrades. Dark days lie ahead

[@edwartvonfectonia4362]

Days are pretty great, my commie.

[@nickbrowning3270]

Same but I’m with the warrior class. Not the red pussy nibbas

[@IvanIvanovsky-gs9hj]

Solidarity to italian prime minister

[@eccoeco3454]

​@@edwartvonfectonia4362 Great how...? I am somewhat curious about what you think is supposingly going "great" as of now?

[@elgatto3133]

​@@edwartvonfectonia4362noʎ ʇoƃ ʇı ǝɹǝɥʍ ʞool puɐ 'ʎpɐǝɹlɐ ǝɔuo sıɥʇ ɥƃnoɹɥʇ uǝǝq ǝʌ,noʎ looɟ ʎllıs

[@gidvidosquod7864]

Glory to greater and stronger Italia

[@dropyourself]

ok nazi

[@mek101whatif7]

Guarda guarda com'è andata l'ultima volta

[@I_EaTApple]

We all wanted a strong Italy. Just not under fascism.

[@antoniomariamacri7500]

"O-ra li riconosce-ete, 'sti fascisti, 'ste caro-gne. Se ne tornino alle fogne con gli amici ch'han laggiù. Se ne tornino alle fogne con gli amici ch'han laggiù." (No-w you reco-gnize them, this fascists, this ghouls. May them go back to the sewers with the friends they've got down there. May them go back to the sewers with the friends they've got down there.)

[@Graive17]

So concise, easy to consume, very engaging and highly educational! Thank you for your hard work, I've definitely learned a thing or two watching this.

[@BesDMarx]

Appreciate that Tyler, makes me happy to hear ❤ !

[@Graive17]

@@BesDMarx without you comrade, we're only doomed to repeat histories mistakes. Keep up the amazing work and thanks for educating the masses! Much love from Canada 💜

[@andreitodor6480]

Russians, Germans, the Japanese, Americans, Albanians, Austians, Yugoslavs, the French and the Bits: Ah shit, here we go again

[@firtoom5140]

In a way this video reminded me of how in iran the reactionaries took over the revolution and redirected people's will into another direction.

[@bismarckfamily277]

Hey your video about operation gladio has been age restricted... Cosidering i am eu I have to give a document where I prove that I am a 18+, can u give another link for it pls...?

[@seblubla1685]

History repeats itself

[@ligdjumvidja8294]

Thank you for this video. I didn't know fascism was never abolished and alive in Italy. Even musso guy has a monument grave. It's a pure shame.

[@Gigadoomer13]

Soycuck

[@solinvictus2045]

It's not in Italy

[@maya07_11]

even I as an Italian was surprised that we had a musso grave. they really don't teach us anything, my fault for having watched this video too late

[@TheYolo20]

@@Gigadoomer13Cuck mentality. You are a slave cuck to capitalists and you will probably die in the next 20 years because of that

[@TheYolo20]

@@ItsNotACommunistrun brother

[@toontrooper4103]

I have to watch this video in small sessions. It's great so far but watching it reminds me of just how far communism has been set back. I feel crushed seeing Fascism get so powerful.

[@estrogenizedbird9161]

if it makes you feel any better. every time fascism gets popular, it was met to be crushed by communism. fascism can’t sustain itself, it will always be toppled

[@BesDMarx]

Of course! Or listen like a podcast episode on the side! It is depressing, but it can also be motivating, we need to hurry up in our fight, a single spark can start a great fire.

[@h3nder]

But we're gaining what we've lost. Just look at the Philippines and India where the 2 parties are gaining more and more popularity and more and more ground in their wars, or Turkey and Greece where the TKP and KKE are gaining popularity.

[@estrogenizedbird9161]

@@h3nder india and the phillipenes have the peoples party, the NPA are growing.

[@timothyrockwell2638]

If you want to see where the battle against Capitalism is being won you won't see it looking at events inside the imperial core, look to China, Africa, and South and Central America. 'Multipolarista', 'Peoples Dispatch', and 'TFI Global' are excellent channels that are reporting victories everyday in the global south.

[@mglintro8149]

now all we need is a failed Austrian painter in Germany

[@gpz6063]

From italy. Great video.

[@alexandermagallanes697]

Great content Brother! Really put me down a rabbit hole. The people of the world need to hear this!

[@Helga7850]

Dearest, we Italians are proud of who we are and don't care about foreigners' judgment.

[@hajihajiwa]

@@Helga7850fascist?

[@ZaaaK.AriiiA]

​@@Helga7850 fascista?

[@Helga7850]

@@hajihajiwa Fascism fell in 1945. What we are should not concern you, dearest.

[@hajihajiwa]

@@Helga7850 oh, god bless your stunted little brain. your lack of critical thinking is less than pathetic, but the fact you say "dearest" is just embarassing. do you genuinely believe that fascism cannot resurface? The emergence of fascism will always concern me, god willing you mussolini apologists will all be wiped from the face of the earth once more.

[@axlgzrdmattick]

Amazing video! Keep up the great work.

[@BesDMarx]

Thanks!

[@jonflora1]

Great video, and the intro reminded me that I do need to pay that electricity bill!

[@the.bloodless.one1312]

Thanks for the great series. As an Italian who lives in Canada, it’s breaking my heart seeing the home land being taken over by fascism with these fuckers.

[@smokyondagrass2353]

As an American, I'm sorry we helped bring back fascism.

[@T_Dot94]

in what city comrade?

[@francescabaldassarri6691]

I must say, fascists never went away. Now they are more visible and overt but they were always there -_- in this sense, there's not really a "coming back" of fascism in Italy, it's just a "coming out".

[@rijjhb9467]

You're a bit late, the coalition in power in Italy right now has governed Italy for the first time in 1994, they were the same exact three parties (FDI was called AN back then). And they governed numerous times after that: in 2000, 2008, 2011, etc...

[@rijjhb9467]

@@francescabaldassarri6691 I strongly disagree. After the war the Italian society was strongly antifascist. Fascism started to become fashionable between young people only from the 2010s onward.

[@Randalftown]

Time to unmake Italy as a country again. Things were actually better when they were city states

[@disappointedmess209]

The amount of fascists in the comment section is outstanding. Anyways love your content and keep up the good work because i cant get enough.

[@astroidexadam5976]

The comment section is filled with deranged fascists and racists.

[@tankpiggy]

Great video comrade. Seems like we’re in the early years before ww2 again. Hopefully it doesn’t result in the same events.

[@JohnDoe-vf6jn]

@@Mildau30 yeah but USSR did a lot of thing that helped the fascists get into power as well (remember the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact ?)

[@felixii4931]

@@JohnDoe-vf6jn hitler came to power in 1933, the ribbentrop pact was in 1939, you need to get the basics right first before making up silly stories

[@henrypierce8900]

​@@JohnDoe-vf6jn simplistic!

[@clawmarx5393]

@@felixii4931 The people who suck up BesDMarx videos have no concept of the "basics." Don't confuse them with facts, their minds are made up.

[@Xoxo-ve3mj]

This is my favorite new youtube channel. Great analysis once again!

[@BesDMarx]

Thanks ❤🔥 !

[@jaccocu7213]

Actually, the fascism of Mussolini and Moseley and not of Hitler (because he wasn’t fascist) isn’t anti-semetic, Mussolini had a Jewish mistress and thousands of Jews were in the fascist party, anti semetic laws were only implemented after alliance with Hitler

[@dropyourself]

"Hitler wasn't a fascist" bro fascism includes the fascism of Mussolini and the Nazism of Hitler, stop being a pedant and doing Nazi recuperation.

[@eflower39]

But it wasn't anti-anti-semitic either. It never spoke in favor of intercultural equality, and didn't have any ideological opposition to the persecution of jews.

[@jaccocu7213]

@@eflower39 did stalin?

[@eflower39]

@@jaccocu7213 what do you mean? If you are asking if the Soviet union was in opposition to anti-Semitism than the answer is yes. They freed the jews from the concentration camps they occupied, and ideologically communists view all humans as equals.

[@jaccocu7213]

@@eflower39 the whole manifesto is against Jews

[@jennylithgow2993]

How did i not discover this channel earlier

[@carlos_herrera]

Bandiera rossa should be the national anthem

[@ivandark95]

Ma anche no .

[@carlos_herrera]

@@ivandark95 ma vaffanculo, tu che hai video di Matt Walsh fra i tuoi favoriti. Che il diavolo ti scopi.

[@randomtutorials9189]

Giovinezza chance of that becoming the national anthem of Italy is a 100% more likely. 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴

[@longclaw22-72]

Really happy I found your content. Very educational and very well done. You also get bonus points for being a One Piece fan.

[@styx544]

eh we destroyed them in the last war, we'll do it again if we must

[@halftime919]

I'm not Marxist but these videos are really informative and very well done.

[@BesDMarx]

Appreciate it!

[@triscuitbiscuit7173]

I was the same exact way. Marxists always have the best takes when it comes to fascism.

[@louissimard691]

You'll get there 😊

[@zna9297]

why not?

[@halftime919]

@@zna9297 Because I differ from the ideas of Socialism. That doesn't mean I didn't like the video anyway.

[@flavioryu5922]

Amazing series. Such a good explanation about fascism.

[@MarxyMarxAndTheFunkyBunch]

You're videos are so great, but they always leave me feeling so frustratred and depressed 😅

[@anantgoswami5630]

Love your work! Please consider making a video series on the state of the Italian left. Obviously it will be long and laborious, but specifically I want to know which parties/political formations represent the hope of the left in Italy today? Also whether any senior leaders of the Democratic Party still seriously articulate a left-wing plank or is it entirely a neoliberal party (you can also give a short answer here and/or direct me to any readings/videos since understandably, any potential videos will take much longer to come).

[@peterpalmato467]

The state of the Italian left is truly dire and the election of Meloni is a direct consequence

[@tommasostevanato8038]

Partito Democratico was an entirely a neoliberal party (its name is literally the italian translation of Democratic Party from the USA). However recently Elly Schlein was elected segretary of PD and both the party and the left coalition is getting radicalised and stronger, giving us young left wing italian hope. Nowdays it seem that Schlein, Conte (segretary of Movimento 5 stelle, another left wing party and the third party by consensus) and Landini (the General Secretary of CGIL) are getting togheter to make an opposition to the governament

[@StrawberrySoul77]

Hilarious that Fascism would arise in any one single country since it is already worldwide!!

[@inflikktion]

Didn't think we'd get a sequel to Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom quite so soon. Will be interested to see who they cast.

[@t.m.2415]

Does any comrade in the comments know how I would get my hands on the Book "Faschismus und Kapitalismus von Karsten Heinz Schönbach" shown in this video?

[@osvaldoilpapero]

You really did a great, majestic Job. i'm Italian and in this video you even mentioned facts that i didn't even knew ! Congratulation again on this great analysis, Non-Italians (and a lot of Italians...) really SHOULD watch this !

[@laravelanode]

You should be ashamed of yourself being this soft .

[@maya07_11]

si

[@MaxHa98]

I', so glad I found your channel. Great video, keep up the good work.

[@BesDMarx]

Glad to hear Max, thanks!

[@alancantu2557]

Really great video here. I plan on showing this to some friends of mine who are concerned about the rise of fascism in Italy and the rest of Europe. You explained things in a very digestible way for people who are somewhat apolitical, so I’m sure this will be shared everywhere. Keep this up!

[@BesDMarx]

Awesome Alan, makes me rly happy to hear. Thanks ❤ !

[@insertyournamehere5146]

Fantastic historical accounting, research, linear structure, analysis, and narration. I watch all three videos and all three were excellent! Keep up to great work!

[@BesDMarx]

Awesome happy to hear!! Thanks

[@nopasaran191]

Someone sent Hasan one of these videos on stream and he was like “this only has 3000 views im not watching this” and I said that shit is gonna age poorly because this channel is gonna blow up to be one of the best KZbin channels on the platform. The politics are on extremely on point, the editing is amazing, great voice over quality, etc.

[@BesDMarx]

Lol, views over substance for these people! Thank you so much for your comment, appreciate it very much ❤

[@Bscybfan1996]

confirms that hasan ia a fraud lol

[@peterpalmato467]

Hasan is a multi-million dollar joke

[@m-pc5334]

Send it again now

[@yoohootube]

common Hasan L

[@njorogeh.muganda6225]

Thanks Bes D. Marx for your rigorous analysis of the history of socialist movements in countries stating clearly the material conditions that contributed to their emergence, sustained presence, successes, failures and marginalized presence. I have viewed your 3 part series on the Betrayal of the German Revolution and within it have received immeasurable insight. To produce such content requires hours and hours of commitment to the study of Marxist theory and the history of the evolution of class society in the world on a region by region basis (which I haven't richly participated). Thankyou Comrade, and greetings from the East African country of Kenya.

[@BesDMarx]

Thank you so much Njoroge for your motivating comment, I rly appreciate it! Red salutes to my comrades in Kenya ❤

[@ronbenitez641]

😮 Wow the alt right wing was smart to put a woman, in our current culture, if someone make a critical point about her they just can say its misoginy

[@tymanung6382]

Chilling memory--- some of your neighbors l--- Somalis, Eritreans. Ethipoians. Libyans all directly suffered from Italian fascism. Can their colonial history also help to understand fascism? Recently?. some one--- who?said that fascism was merely W Euro capitalist using empire colonial.suppression methods in W Euro used in own home countries!!

[@clawmarx5393]

@@BesDMarx Nothing "rigorous" about this, whoever-you-are 'BesDMarx." Matthew Evangelista just published his documentation of the Allied firebombing of Italy that killed 60,000 Italian civilians, including in my Mother's village. Your video is more about re-affirming the dogmatized narrative rather than telling an honest history.

[@helloimskip]

Idk man, it's been 9 months and haven't heard of anything very awful for a lot. Though it's too early to judge.

[@iuulia9245]

very glad i discovered this channel, extremely good, high quality and clear videos... Very educational!

[@BesDMarx]

Thank you so much iuulia!!

[@spud8814]

Glad to see you gain more popularity with these series of videos. Keep doing the good work comrade, solidarity from the very reactionary Philippines.

[@BesDMarx]

Thank you! Solidarity with my comrades in the Philippines!

[@weetytoaster1835]

I understand that refugees are a real thing and must be taken care of but why are literally most of the refugees men and why do they come from countries that aren’t war-torn and why does Europe have to take them in. Why can’t European countries just have the embassy inside a military base and then have the refugees go to the military base and then fill out some kind of application that identifies them as refugees and then like a civilian airliner or like a military plane will then bring them to Europe why do they have to come in on thousands of boats.

[@mek101whatif7]

Because not doing so would make the migrants less miserable. The more miserable and desperate they are, the less business owners have to pay them, and the more politicians can use them as scapegoats amd do nothing to fix society's issues

[@antoinetteherrera9026]

Thank you. Subscribed and belled. I will be watching this again.

[@dropyourself]

Wow, the woke mob replaced fascism 2's main character with a woman.

[@eevve9894]

Wtf are you saying? Use normal words.

[@humech]

As an American, all of this is distributingly familiar 😮‍💨

[@fun_ghoul]

Buckle up for war with Iran. Even Black Power Media is spewing this nonsense, from two "Iranian-Americans" including one (the ACLU lawyer) who never once set foot in Iran.

[@Dianasaurthemelonlord7777]

Yeah, MAGA Republicans

[@LuisAldamiz]

Extremely scary. However I tend to see this wave of (barely undercover) fascism as weak, lacking the vigor of classical fascism largely because (as the support for Trump in the USA-2016 revealed) relies heavily on the older generation and their distorted nostalgia of "the good old times" (this may be different for southern equivalente phenomena like Bolsonarism, Modi-ism or Islamo-Fascism, sure, I mean in the US Empire, where ageing is a major socio-demographic problem and a main driver of cheap young immigrant exploitation, an issue that the neofascists capitalize on hypocritically). But I may well be wrong after all. What this video suggested to me is that maybe, now like in the 1920s and 30s, fascism may well just be the method by which the Anglosaxon Empire (NATO-plus, now in deep crisis and rather radical reform) chooses to rule Europe or much of it. That is very scary, although I don't think that "forever" is even a word we should use: too pessimistically Orwellian IMO, things do change, especially in times of deep crisis as the ones we're experiencing now. Back to my pre-existing interpretation, IMHO today's "Western" fascism is vigorless and can't really manage Capitalism any better than the authoritarian-liberal version (Ali's "extreme center") that has dominated it in the last several decades. It only exacerbates the social contradictions and can only ultimately produce failed states like Ukraine. They can repress more and more violently and absurdly even (but that's a trend we already see with extreme center governments) but such repression only exacerbates dissafection, it does not solve it in any way. It may briefly rally the "worker aristocracy", while the lack of radicalism and efficiency in the left deactivates the core proletariat (which is generally not attracted to the far right), but, as it can't deliver (no more clolonial plundering, no more eco-devastation are possible), it will soon become weak and produce a collapse of one sort or another, not more stability. The real background problem is not so much that fascism represses socialism/communism (which is of course a big problem) but that revolutionary socialism (or anything of the like) is weak. This is particularly true in the case of Italy, which went from having the strongest communist party of Western Europe to having no left whatsoever. The liberal transformation of the PCI into the PDI (a clone of the US Democratic Party) and the lack of any sort of real resurgence of communism or radical socialism in any way (Rifundazione totally failed and Cinque Stelle is too far towards the "extreme center") is the real problem, much like the betrayals of Syriza in Greece or Podemos in Spain (let alone The Greens in Germany, which is older but still the same) are the real problem. While in Italy the more hardcore socialist movement collapsed long ago, that's less true in core Western Europe however (with contradictions and limitations), particularly in France and Britain. France also has a consolidated neofascist movement, one of the oldests of Europe, but simultaneously has a very strong "far left" (?), from the powerful unions to the Yellow Jackets going through the somewhat interesting rise of La France Insoumisse (arguably another Syriza/Podemos but not in government yet) and some marginated but still influential Trotskyist minor parties. In Britain, the astonishing tide of Corbynism, a current that no doubt Engels would have cheered and participated, was such a real threat to the bourgeois establishment that they had to resort to unleash the Brexit (which is suicidal and only aggravates the crisis of British capitalism) in order to deactivate it by transferring the political debate to a question where Labour, especially Corbynism, had no stand (what directed voters to the bourgeois parties, which generally made a strong issue of the EU question). If you didn't realize (I didn't myself for years), just look at the chronologies of Corbynism and Brexitism: they overlap almost totally. Also worth mentioning are the far left (strongly communist) nascent movements in Spain, most notably the Catalan CUP recently but now rather the Basque Socialist Movement, not anymore tied by mere nationalism (even if still independentist) but focused on building communism across nationalities and thus fueling similar organizations across all Spain and beyond. So there is at least some actual class war (from the prole side), with a very serious potential to destabilize and even run over over the bourgeois regimes, especially in Western Europe. Luckily not all is like Poland or Italy, let alone brain-dead Germany. And I guess that there is some chance that fascism moves west in order to tackle such proletarian rumble by utter violence. There's been already some of that under authoritarian "extreme center" governments but it's unclear how neofascism can "improve" on bourgeois governance, on keeping the "social peace" in the middle of a crisis that has Britons very especially having to choose between "eating or heating", as Waters recently denounced before the UN. In the end Marx and Engels may have been right when they "predicted" that the communist revolutionary outbreak may happen in the key Western European countries such as France or Britain. Soon to tell, sure. Whatever the case, IMO neofascism is rather a shadow of classical fascism and somehow we seem to be quickly running over the early 20th century's cycle in reverse order, i.e. the resurgence of fascism probably anticipates the resurgence of what preceded it: the great revolutionary wave of 1917-21, on whose shoulders we stand one way or another. One thing is very different: today's proletariat is not at all anymore the quasi-peasant one of those days, todays proletariat is a fully formed (educated, connected) class, which (at least in the developed world) has almost totally forgotten its peasant roots and is potentially a true revolutionary subject that can decidedly take over the centers of classical capitalist power if organized (rather collective willpower than mere consciousness is what is needed). I look forward with great hope in spite of all.

[@comradebarbie1917]

fantastic agitprop comrade. thank you

[@oi690]

Great analysis! I really appreciate the knowledge, I learned a lot.

[@BesDMarx]

That's amazing to hear, thank you!

[@socialistspicypickle]

F in the comments for Italy

[@patate_insoumise4261]

Extremely interesting video. It's beyond me that we don't talk about this enough in the media. I also suggest doing a video on the RN (used to be FN) party in France, which was founded post-WW2 by an ex Waffen-SS and a nazi sympathiser, whose daughter leads the party, which was the second most popular party for the french presidential and legislative elections of 2022. Ever since late 2021, she's been sugarcoating and ''De-diabolisating'' the party founded by nazis.

[@tomtemple69]

i love seeing a great woman leader such as this woman

[@vbnv-oz8bj]

The hoi4 music at the beginning of the video, amazing.

[@ArthurSchoppenweghauer]

Burning energy bills = fascism. Sure bud.

[@aimeeredacted9439]

did we nit watch the video? poor guy. he cant understand anything

[@kaiserslavaniaashur1623]

"And shoulder the invader return, you'll see my son fighting."

[@I_EaTApple]

Death to Fascism. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@eliteflite8395]

Was patiently waiting for this! Loved the first two videos in this series, I learned a lot!

[@BesDMarx]

Awesome!!

[@condakilla]

great video! have followed u on twit for a while but had no idea u made such educational content, keep it up

[@BesDMarx]

Love that, thanks Connor! ❤️

[@compuguy123]

The rise and fall of Hitler is very likely predicted in the book of Esther

[@noyes9984]

1922: fascists gain power in Italy 2022: fascists gain power in Italy

[@Eastsidet03]

Watch for Germany in 2034

[@racheal2004]

@@Eastsidet03 💀💀

[@denniswilkerson5536]

@@Eastsidet03 Germany is too gay now to ever be fascist again, Austria even is too far gone

[@sentientnatalie]

Anti-fascists really need to get to work, and fast.

[@politicstoday8002]

For today everything is called fascist if you are against the 'standards'....there is a gap between right and extremism and fascism and she is just extremist

[@serdirtbagoftheleft4045]

And she sounds based, the media hates her for being against the American Regime and globalism, its was perfectly reasonable to protect the country culture.

[@kampfkartoffel8994]

True. The AfD (German right wing Party) is getting shamed on by the public media.

[@RedMustang-jw7ec]

As a European i always thought this stuff would stay in America but it is hitting our shores aswell lately...

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Italy genderswapped Mussolini in their Fascism sequel

[@42pantelis]

She just accepted 500k non-EU refugees last week lol Adolf from Wish

[@clericaltotalitarian]

I always knew she was a libtard, and is still a puppet. Sad.

[@TheGermanBeer]

Ah Italy, Never learning from his History. And If they ask Germany again to Help them by the Invasion of greece. No Italy not again.

[@sleepy0]

Sadly, germany was never de-nazified either, which lead to the sadly unsuccesfull revolt of 68. You werent happen to be planning to tackle that next? Either way, great damn series man. The quality of these is insane.

[@alancantu2557]

If there’s one thing East Germany/DDR did right, it was the complete denazification of its population. On the contrary, West Germany gave Nazis high ranking positions in corporations, banks, and the government. With the triumph of capitalism in the Cold War, we see nuggets of fascism rising in Germany again.

[@verbosequestion]

Germany was never denazified? It is literally illegal to present as a Nazi or rally as a fascist in Germany, and to show the swastika (including historical context) or even sing songs associated with the Nazi party. What are you on about??

[@chat4783]

@@verbosequestion i think he means the AFD Party is Rising on polls.

[@jank.5164]

Ofc there is a lot of fascists if you retards call everyone a fascist

[@sleepy0]

@@verbosequestion Cool little laws. Our government was still made up of former Nazi officials. The first BRD Bundestag had more Nazis in it than when Hitler became chancellor. Our army, our secret services and police, all made up of former Nazis. Because someone had to help against the evil, evil red tide!!!1111 Funnily enough, the dude who made this video actually did tackle the topic by now. So maybe you should give those ones a watch and research the Braunbuch.

[@Myuxi-i8x]

Well, here we go again.

[@shuvari7707]

Fantastic video! Seeing this whole thing play out the way it is gives me a much clearer picture of how and why Hitler and Mussolini faced such little resistance from liberals and moderate conservatives back in the day. Seeing the same thing happening now with Meloni is an incredibly disturbing development.

[@BesDMarx]

Thanks! Glad that got clearer for you, it was the same for me while researching this stuff.

[@vivalaleta]

Wanting more soldiers for fodder is behind wanting more births.

[@caer6935]

No, when the right supports births it is for political and/or ethnic determination. Wanting families to make more children purely for labor and fodder is more common in leftists militarised worker states like the soviet union.

[@dennisdragomirescu3824]

No it's just that Italy economy will collapse without a working class

[@vivalaleta]

@@dennisdragomirescu3824 We cannot keep upping human numbers on a finite planet. There is a better way.

[@dennisdragomirescu3824]

@@vivalaleta ok but we as a species are really underpopulated so...

[@vivalaleta]

@@dennisdragomirescu3824 ?????????????

[@dolphineachonga555]

I hope the left has the will and the strategies to fight back. Because failure is not an option this time.

[@twiga2]

Sure linked to facism, but the current party is not.

[@naitor2594]

We are so back

[@JamesJohn-tg2jg]

Thanks

[@codeman409]

Hey so just a minor thing I noticed, when you mentioned the Freikorps being the "movement" that led to the Nazi party. The Freikorps were around since the days of Frederik the Great.

[@ndrgaming7344]

I’m not even halfway through, but as an American seeing Tucker Carlson endorse someone automatically lowers my opinion of them immediately If I don’t know otherwise.

[@intta6783]

This video is so interesting! I'd be very interested in some content about Fascism in Bolivia 🇧🇴, too :) Keep up the great work comrade 💪

[@zoroxus]

Excellent videos, even if it frightens me for the future. I'm wondering if you plan on doing something on the French far-right ? As a Frenchman I've seen my country going from "LePen = Far-right fascistic" to "LePen = right" with the intervention of Zemmour (and his polemical views), which permitted the RN (with its false proletarian rethoric) to appear more reasonable. And I'm yet to find someone talking about fascism in France like you did for Italy. Anyway I'm excited to see what you will do next time, and thank you for your immense work.

[@BesDMarx]

Absolutely interested in that, I have that already noted!

[@BesDMarx]

Also thanks!!

[@jakobsmith4046]

43:08 Sounds like Erdogan's Turkey

[@smtandearthboundsuck8400]

Good

[@myri_the_weirdo]

As a french, it's sickening to see that you can have the exact same video by only changing Mussolini by Pétain and meloni by lepen

[@omnirath]

Yeah I think we are screwed sadly

[@IulianusTabernarius]

Morte al fascismo, liberta al popolo

[@BesDMarx]

✊

[@bowserheadteacher]

Why isn't she a dictator then?

[@dropyourself]

why wasn't Hitler a dictator immediately after taking power?

[@dropyourself]

Also fascism leads to dictatorships it doesn't require them

[@whodis2614]

Mussolini and Hitler weren't dictators at first either, we're they?

[@clericaltotalitarian]

@@dropyourself This proves you are historically and politically illiterate.

[@lord_crush777]

​@@whodis2614 Dictators never saw themselves as such, in their own eyes they were pioneers of their times. History is a pattern that isnt exactly clear in the moment but in the long term makes total since

[@oliverbohn8861]

Gonna listen to Chumbawumba after this!

[@khalidalali186]

Great overview, and unapologetically thorough. Thank you so very much for this. Watching you all the way from faraway Abu Dhabi, after stumbling upon your channel by sheer coincidence. Keep up the great work brother! 💪