While researching for the previous article I came across this great quote on the Communist Party USA website. The quote is from Georgi Drimitrov’s Against Fascism and War. A period of time when fascism was established and on the rise.
“What is the source of the influence of fascism over the masses? Fascism is able to attract the masses because it demagogically appeals to their most urgent needs and demands. Fascism not only inflames prejudices that are deeply ingrained in the masses, but also plays upon the better sentiments of the masses, on their sense of justice and sometimes even on their revolutionary traditions. Fascism aims at the most unbridled exploitation of the masses but it approaches them with the most artful anti-capitalist demagogy, taking advantage of the deep hatred of the working people against the plundering bourgeoisie, the banks, the trusts, and financial magnates.”
The full article can be read at https://cpusa.org/article/a-marxist-analysis-of-the-trump-victory/