I think it’s a more substantial criticism with Mussolini. While he went fash (obviously lol), he was able to take a ton of trade-unions and self-labeled socialists with him (something Bordiga focused on criticizing, naturally).
I think there is a danger of a squishy socialist/SocDem to social fash pipeline and you can often see it in the imperial core like with “socialists” that work for weapons manufacturers or CIA-adjacent NGOs. A particularly pernicious one is weapons company unions, where you get to witness a ton of nascently class conscious people hold their tongues when it might damage the precious local (warmonger) union jobs.
I think it’s a more substantial criticism with Mussolini. While he went fash (obviously lol), he was able to take a ton of trade-unions and self-labeled socialists with him (something Bordiga focused on criticizing, naturally).
I think there is a danger of a squishy socialist/SocDem to social fash pipeline and you can often see it in the imperial core like with “socialists” that work for weapons manufacturers or CIA-adjacent NGOs. A particularly pernicious one is weapons company unions, where you get to witness a ton of nascently class conscious people hold their tongues when it might damage the precious local (warmonger) union jobs.