In extreme national crises industrialists fall back on the landed class’s permanent party

Evidence

It is certain, however, that if this is what happens in “normal” times, in extreme cases—which are those which count (like war in the life of a nation)—the party of the great industrialists is that of the landowners, who for their part do have their own permanent party. The exemplification of this note may be seen in England, where the Conservative Party has swallowed up the Liberal Party, although the latter had traditionally appeared to be the party of the industrialists. — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 687

Categorization

• XREF: The English Conservative swallowing the Liberal Party is a concrete instance of inter-class bloc formation — connects to how ruling blocs merge agrarian and industrial fractions against perceived threats.