So, as I understand it, fascism usually does see an initial "economic bump" as all the rich fascists anticipate being able to do whatever they want and all the poor fascists anticipate the rich fascists being able to do whatever they want, and all of t...
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So, as I understand it, fascism usually does see an initial "economic bump" as all the rich fascists anticipate being able to do whatever they want and all the poor fascists anticipate the rich fascists being able to do whatever they want, and all of that optimism for carnage greases the wheels. Money tied up in hedging bets can be invested again, and machinery gets started anticipating the end of red tape and the end of those pesky rules that keep workers from dying in "accidents" and toxic chemicals being dumped into our water and air.
It's all an illusion, more so than even our usual economic mirage. More *stuff* isn't magically being made, more *things* aren't getting done. It's just the economists pumping their loaded shot-guns.
And once the red tape is gone, once the trade agreements are broken, once the allies are alienated, once the workers are dying even more than they are now, once the mismanagement ruins transportation, that's when things get really obviously bad for almost everyone. But the news (captured) will say the economy is going great and if it isn't, then it's the scapegoats' fault.
So, the news will be all awonder at how many more billions the billionaires suddenly have, and they want you to think it's an unexpected but maybe positive result, but I think it's just fascism doing fascism stuff.
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@quietmarc Also, it's kind of a fascist tradition to implement slave work of some sort early on. This reduces labour costs in the short term, and contributes to the illusory economic bump (reported from the POV of the corporations that would otherwise have to pay salaries to the now-enslaved-people).
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@quietmarc When the initial reform bump is over, fascists typically start picking fights with their neighbours.
