Bourgeois destruction of the nation-state empowered the mob to liquidate the bourgeoisie itself

Evidence

And then one fine day the bourgeoisie is awakened by a terrific reverse shock: the gestapos are busy, the prisons fill up, the torturers around the racks invent, refine, discuss. — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20; The nation-state was the body politic of emancipated European peasant classes; A sabotaged general strike demoralized the proletariat and opened the way for fascism

Related

• European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie (similarity 0.89)
• Fascism restored class consciousness and organization to the bourgeoisie (similarity 0.82)
• The bourgeoisie’s alliance with the mob destroyed the nation-state it needed (similarity 0.82)
• Belief in commerce’s pacifying virtues collapsed only when colonial violence came home to Europe (similarity 0.80)
• A sabotaged general strike demoralized the proletariat and opened the way for fascism (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• The nation-state was the body politic of emancipated European peasant classes #qualifies (0.80)
• European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie #complicates (0.75) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20