Marcuse predicted postwar states would polarize into neo-fascist and Soviet blocs

Evidence

Following the military defeat of Hitler’s fascism (which was a premature and isolated form of capitalist reorganization), the world is dividing itself into two blocs, one neo-fascist and one Soviet … Those states in which the old ruling class has survived the war economically and politically will, in the foreseeable future, become fascist, while the others will enter the Soviet bloc. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1663

Categorization

• QUESTION: Marcuse’s thesis that states where the old ruling class survived would turn fascist — worth testing against actual postwar trajectories (Spain, Portugal, Greece all fit).
• XREF: connects to: Marcuse demanded revolutionary theory oppose both neo-fascism and Soviet communism equally — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1664; Marcuse saw postwar Europe splitting into neo-fascist and Soviet blocs as a capitalist reorganization. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 1663; Mirror-image authoritarians on both Cold War sides would switch allegiances

Broader Connections

• Marcuse saw postwar Europe splitting into neo-fascist and Soviet blocs as a capitalist reorganization. #corroborates (0.95) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 1663
• Mirror-image authoritarians on both Cold War sides would switch allegiances #expands (0.80)