Critique of monopoly capitalism logically forced Adorno to expect fascism to recur in America.

Evidence

As a critic of monopoly capitalism and the culture industry, he was in fact forced to expect American civilization to produce a fresh rebellion against failed civilizationthat is, a fresh form of fascism. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 445

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Adorno framed Minima Moralia explicitly as a response to monopoly capitalism. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 907; American capitalism’s appeal made ethnocentric fascist ideology less necessary there — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1802; Capitalism and formal humanism lead logically to fascism — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 24
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno framed Minima Moralia explicitly as a response to monopoly capitalism. — Dirk Braunstein, Adorno’s Critique of Political Economy, 907; American capitalism’s appeal made ethnocentric fascist ideology less necessary there — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1802; Capitalism and formal humanism lead logically to fascism — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 24

Broader Connections

• American capitalism’s appeal made ethnocentric fascist ideology less necessary there #complicates (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1802