Socialism, fascism, and the New Green Deal

12 years ago a Venezuelan friend explained to me that the left (let's call it the Komintern, because it is evident that they are an international network) knew that Marxism was an obsolete and ill-thought idea, but that they liked the almost religious ideology, its use of  Messianic caudillos and above all their concentration of power in a powerful state that would make society conform to what they thought.

But that Marxism has an additional ingredient: it uses capitalism, but with iron rules (like those of Nehru's India or China that Deng Xiao Ping wanted to develop). The use of industrial policy designed by wise people in a ministry of truth that can not be discussed because it crushes you with a supposed 97% of scientists who have no idea what things cost then brings us to what my friend called the new fascism of the 21st century.

So we see that Ocasio is a product of a group of very dedicated Marxists, many of them millionaires who sell you social justice, as long as they can live in mansions, have guards and escorts, be famous and live well. They are people like Fidel Castro who even had his private island, but they also smell a lot of Franco and Mussolini.

The difference being that, nominally and for now, they work in an international network, and they help each other and spend money with amazing ease. And I'm not talking about Soros, nor about the money that chavismo gave to European parties. It is a much more subtle, and more dangerous issue. And in this drama that New Green Deal is partly what your friend says:

"Of course, the least charitable interpretation is that the GND represents a vast socialist land grab, intended to effectively nationalize the U.S.'s energy and transport sectors by declaring the current assets obsolete and funding an entirely new set from the public purse"

What he does not say is that the neo-Marxist caste is not exactly socialist, they go to something different, similar to today's China, or Raul Castro's totalitarian Cuba, with its drowned freelancers, foreign investors in joint ventures that use rented slaves, and a repressive apparatus that does not bother to imprison the few who protest, because that is resolved by breaking the jaw and teeth.

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Hace 12 años un amigo venezolano me explicó que la izquierda (llamémoslo el Komintern, porque es evidente que son una red ínternacional) sabia que el marxismo era una idea obsoleta y mal pensada, pero que les gustaba la ideología casi religiosa, su uso de caudillos mesiánicos y sobre todo su concentración de poder en un estado poderoso que haría a la sociedad amoldarse a lo que ellos pensaban. 

Pero ese marxismo tiene un ingrediente adicional: utiliza el capitalismo, pero con unos reglamentos férreos (como los de la India de Nehru o la China que quería desarrollar Deng Xiao Ping).  El uso de política industrial diseñada por sabelotodos en un ministerio de la verdad que no se puede discutir porque te aplasta con un supuesto 97% de científicos que no tienen ni idea de lo que cuestan las cosas entonces nos lleva a lo que mi amigo llamó el nuevo fascismo del siglo 21. 

Así vemos que Ocasio es un producto de un grupo de marxistas muy dedicados, muchos de ellos millonarios que te venden la justicia social, siempre y cuando ellos puedan vivir en caserones, tener guardias y escoltas, ser famosos y vivir bien. Son gente como Fidel Castro que hasta tenía su isla privada, pero también huelen mucho a Franco y Mussolini. La diferencia siendo que, nominalmente y por ahora, ellos trabajan en una red internacional, y se ayudan y pasan plata con una facilidad asombrosa. 

Y no estoy hablando de Soros, ni del dinero que le pasaba el chavismo a partidos europeos. Es un asunto mucho más sutil, y más peligroso. Y en este drama ese New Green Deal es en parte lo que dice tu amigo: 

"Of course, the least charitable interpretation is that the GND represents a vast socialist land grab, intended to effectively nationalize the U.S.’s energy and transport sectors by declaring the current assets obsolete and funding an entirely new set from the public purse"

Lo que el no dice es que está casta neomarxista no es exactamente socialista, ellos van a algo diferente, parecido a la China de hoy, o la Cuba totalitaria de Raul Castro, con sus autónomos ahogados, inversores en empresas mixtas que usan esclavos alquilados, y un aparato represivo que ni se molesta en encarcelar a los pocos que protestan, porque eso lo resuelven rompiéndole la quijada y los dientes.