The fragmented American proletarian was equally open to fascism and communism

Evidence

I felt that Bigger, an American product, a native son of this land, carried within him the potentialities of either Communism or Fascism… . Whether he’ll follow some gaudy, hysterical leader who’ll promise rashly to fill the void in him, or whether he’ll come to an understanding with the millions of his kindred fellow workers under trade-unions or revolutionary guidance depends upon the future drift of events in America. But… Bigger Thomas, conditioned as his organism is, will not become an ardent, or even a Luke-warm, supporter of the status quo. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 1373

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors Frankfurt School claims that authoritarian workers could transfer loyalty from socialism to Nazism.