Fascism restored class consciousness and organization to the bourgeoisie

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

I have talked a good deal about Hitler. Because he deserves it: he makes it possible to see things on a large scale and to grasp the fact that capitalist society, at its present stage, is incapable of establishing a concept of the rights of all men, just as it has proved incapable of establishing a system of individual ethics. Whether one likes it or not, at the end of the blind alley that is Europe, I mean the Europe of Adenauer, Schuman, Bidault, and a few others, there is Hitler. At the end of capitalism, which is eager to outlive its day, there is Hitler. At the end of formal humanism and philosophic renunciation, there is Hitler. — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 24 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A sabotaged general strike demoralized the proletariat and opened the way for fascism; European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20; Capitalism and formal humanism lead logically to fascism — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 24 (+9 more)

Broader Connections

• European fascism returned colonial violence back upon the European bourgeoisie #expands (0.85) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 20
• Fascism arose where national bourgeoisies formed late and marshaled social forces through race ideology. #expands (0.80)
• Capitalism and formal humanism lead logically to fascism #expands (0.75) — Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, 24
• Imperialism politically emancipated the previously excluded bourgeoisie #expands (0.75)