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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
The phrase "State syndication of capitalism" is contradictory. If the state controls the means of production then those means aren't private any more and by definition aren't capitalist.
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I refer you to
this article that describes the nature of fascist coporatism (scroll to find and read that section).
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So just having corporations and government merge in and of itself is socialism (state owns the means of production). Socialist governments can also be fascist, but that requires they have the other characteristics (eg asshole dictator and so on).
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The distinction is one of the state directly running the means of production (as in Soviet style communism) as opposed to doing it through privately controlled organizations (corporations) as in Fascist Italy. Granted, when coupled to a totalitarian regime it has the same effect in the end, except that technically it retains a capitalist format. NAZI Germany similarly allowed private property, but it was under direct domination by the state. However, The Third Reich was overtly socialist in its stated ideology. (The schizophrenic nature of it was typical of the NAZI mentality.)