He started out alright, but he just kinda got worse and worse and worse over time, eventually going from Marxist to fascist. I wouldn't call him a fascist necessarily, IMO he's a sorta pre-developed fascist.
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Sorelianism? Socialism or pseudo-socialism/Fascism?
I have been studying Georges Sorel lately, and I find him to be a pretty interesting character. At least at one point he was a self-described Marxist but he has some pretty funky ideas on violence and seems to want to mix it with a bunch of metaphysical mumbo-jumbo so I don't know. A lot of his proteges would go on to support the fash in Italy when Mussolini came to power and that to me speaks volumes, so I am little reluctant to put too much stock into what this guy and his philosophy has to offer but I still thought I would ask you guys to see what you think about it.
He started out alright, but he just kinda got worse and worse and worse over time, eventually going from Marxist to fascist. I wouldn't call him a fascist necessarily, IMO he's a sorta pre-developed fascist.
They bore it into our skulls, they pump it through our veins from the day we're born, over and over and over the capitalists continue to enslave us by feeding us false hope, telling us, "If you work as hard as you can as much as you can and if you fight for your success you can be like me." Now it is our turn, it is our time and it is our right to rise up in one collective voice against those who dub themselves our masters, against those who put us in shackles and leave us destitute for their gain, it is now that we must rise up and shout: We have worked tirelessly towards our freedom, we have worked, unwavering, for the liberation of humanity from beneath your feet. And now, we are prepared to unite and fight for our success, and our fight is raging on your marble doorsteps that we have been bearing the weight of for far too long.
Sorel, during his lifetime, turned from socialist to something else, and this something else is really disturbing. Although I did not look deeper into Sorelianism, but it seems pretty much reactionary, even to to the point where it can be considered a theory of proto-fascism. Nevertheless Sorel is worth studying, because understanding Sorel may help us understanding how fascism and fascistic theories developed out of social demagogy, fetishization of violence, and the rejection of materialism and modernity.
