Re: Financiers and fascism

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

there's a big break between fascist theory (which was often populist,
anti-financier) and fascist practice (which was pro-financier, as long
as it served their purposes). The fascists were (and are) extremely
opportunistic.

Carrol:
> Charles, I keep wondering why you are even bothering to explore a mode
> of economics that has no future except as the ideology of a future
> fascist movement.

Charles Brown wrote:
> Carrol, did historical fascist regimes have an ideology against interest
> taking by banks or financial institutions ? If so , was it another Big Lie ?
>
> What was the practice of the Nazis toward banks, and interest taking by them
> ? Why did they respect Switzerland's neutrality ? Was it because of the
> power of the European banking sector within the finance capitalists who were
> of the ruling class in Germany ? What was the role of the U.S.  House of
> Morgan in Germany in the 1920's and 1930's. Were they for ending interest
> taking by banks and creditors ?
--
Jim Devine /  "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your
own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.