Impoverishment Of The Masses And Their Alienation Leading To Fascism

By Dhanusha Pathirana –June 18, 2014 |

Dhanusha Pathirana

Crowding Out or Bailing Out? Impoverishment of the Masses and their Alienation leading to Fascism – II

Ethnic violence against the Muslims in Sri Lanka and against every other minority under the strategic sponsorship of the state, which still continues to rage with considerable force, needs to be viewed in the context of prevailing social formations. Structure of society is the necessary forerunner of ethno-religious fascisms. The latter becomes the dominant means of self actualisation and emancipation of the impoverished as opposed to class

politics and hence the determining factor of political power of the political elite. This is a general outcome springing from the social structure. Or rather, it is more apt to say that class antagonisms manifest itself in the form of ethno-religious fascisms. In this light we request the reader to follow the argument from the first part of this account, although initially it may seem out of context towards an explanation of fascism. This is so because the discussion attempts to initially explain economic conditions which lead to fascism, especially among the down trodden masses. It hopefully arrives there through its progression.

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