Horkheimer judged the USSR state capitalism purer than fascist mixed form

Evidence

Horkheimer saw integral statism or state socialism' as the most consistent form of authoritarian state, which has freed itself from any dependence on private capital’. This was his way of referring to the Soviet Union, which was never mentioned by name. The fascist countries, by contrast, presented only a `mixed form’, in which surplus value was produced and distributed under state control but continued to flow in large quantities, under its former titleprofitinto the coffers of the industrial magnates and landowners. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1157

Categorization

• XREF: This typology of integral vs. mixed statism connects to debates about actually existing socialism as state capitalism. — connects to: Horkheimer feared state capitalism could replace socialism as the successor to capitalism — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1158; Horkheimer theorized totalitarian monopoly capitalism as a racket phase of society — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1306; Horkheimer’s logic implied the USA carried a greater fascist potential than Germany. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1546

Broader Connections

• Horkheimer theorized totalitarian monopoly capitalism as a racket phase of society #expands (0.85) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1306