Neoliberalism mirrors fascist elements through faceless rather than authoritarian power.

Evidence

Thus, again, does a political rationality originally born in opposition to fascism turn out to mirror certain aspects of it, albeit through powers that are faceless and invisible-handed and absent an authoritarian state. This is not to say that neoliberalism is fascism or that we live in fascist times. It is only to note convergences between elements of twentieth-century fascism and inadvertent effects of neoliberal rationality today. These convergences appear in the valorization of a national economic project and sacrifice for a greater good into which all are integrated, but from which most must not expect personal benefit. They appear as well in the growing devaluation of politics, publics, intellectuals, educated citizenship, and all collective purposes apart from economy and security. — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 432

Categorization

• XREF: Resonates with the reader’s corpus claim about institutions ‘born in opposition to fascism’ — a hard separation Brown refuses by noting convergence despite absent authoritarian state. — connects to: Neoliberalism’s freedom ideology borrowed from fascist critics of liberalism — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 234; Neoliberal market discipline deliberately breaks political subjectivity and weakens solidarity. — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market: Human Rights…, 334; Contemporary fascism operates by disavowing its own identity while pursuing its aims. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 492
• DEEPTHINKING: The claim that a rationality born against fascism produces fascist-like integration-and-sacrifice without a state, without a face, is genuinely paradigm-shifting — worth sitting with.

Broader Connections

• Neoliberalism’s freedom ideology borrowed from fascist critics of liberalism #corroborates (0.85) — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 234
• Neoliberal market discipline deliberately breaks political subjectivity and weakens solidarity. #complicates (0.72) — Jessica Whyte, The Morals of the Market, 334