• Alsephina@lemmy.mlOP
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    10 hours ago

    Primarily referring to Germany and Italy’s descent into fascism, and we’re currently seeing this happen in France, and now in the US. These countries only see a shift to the left with an external force, like Scandinavian states giving concessions to the working class when the nearby USSR posed the threat of a good example; of course, these concessions are gradually being taken away now.

    Imperial core countries refers to colonizer countries that now control financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank.

    I specify liberal democracies in imperial core countries because we have seen limited successes for the left outside it. Like Allende coming to power in Chile (before being overthrown in a US-backed coup 2 years later), or now Lula and Claudia coming to power in Brazil and Mexico.

    Read Blackshirts And Reds