Abstract This essay reviews three recent studies of right-wing politics and culture by David Golumbia, Quinn Slobodian, and Alberto Toscano. It situates the authors within a century-long debate amongst the political left over the relationship between fascism and capitalism. Although all three of these works are not explicitly devoted to highlighting that relationship, this essay argues that all three generatively add insights to this long-standing conversation. Each in their own right, the authors highlight the convergences of libertarianism and authoritarianism and the levels of both ideology and lived, political practice. They also help to show how fascism and libertarianism converge through compatible notions of “freedom” that situate agency outside of democracy.
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