In communism, the means of production are owned by "the state", which in practice just means "the leaders of The Party".
In fascism, the means of production are nominally owned by "independent owners", but the "private" industry explicitly operates "for the benefit of the state", and the owners are inevitably also senior members of the St…
In communism, the means of production are owned by "the state", which in practice just means "the leaders of The Party".
In fascism, the means of production are nominally owned by "independent owners", but the "private" industry explicitly operates "for the benefit of the state", and the owners are inevitably also senior members of the State Fascist Party.
Both rely on highly authoritarian regimes to ensure compliance.
Thus why many don't bother to meaningfully distinguish between them.
Your first sentence is factually false. If it were true, then Fidel and Raul Castro would have been billionaires, as Forbes claims every year. When the state owns oil reserves and oil refineries, the profits don't go to the leaders of the party--they remain with the state.
The CPC became a capitalist class under the tutelage of Henry Kissinger--you'd love him: he's a total fascist. When the leaders of the CPC became capitalists, China became a capitalist country.
In communism, the means of production are owned by "the state", which in practice just means "the leaders of The Party".
In fascism, the means of production are nominally owned by "independent owners", but the "private" industry explicitly operates "for the benefit of the state", and the owners are inevitably also senior members of the State Fascist Party.
Both rely on highly authoritarian regimes to ensure compliance.
Thus why many don't bother to meaningfully distinguish between them.
Your first sentence is factually false. If it were true, then Fidel and Raul Castro would have been billionaires, as Forbes claims every year. When the state owns oil reserves and oil refineries, the profits don't go to the leaders of the party--they remain with the state.
The CPC became a capitalist class under the tutelage of Henry Kissinger--you'd love him: he's a total fascist. When the leaders of the CPC became capitalists, China became a capitalist country.