Please show which laissez-faire capitalists that liked it then. I know of none.
I was going to ask the same thing. It was the progressives that loved fascism and still do. Not laissez-faire capitalists.
It us undeniable that outspoken praise within the business community for Mussolini, at one point, was very widespread. Perhaps it is assumptive on my part to state that many of those you will find quoted in the references above were "laissez-faire capitalists." Sorry.
In regard to Ron Paul, it is certainly at least a bit of a stretch for you to consider him to be a fellow "laissez-faire capitalist," and to make an entirely doubtful linkage between that and my statement that there was a "honeymoon " period during which many American businessmen,some "laissez-faire capitalists" undoubtedly among them, showered praise on Mussolini. It is also undeniable that even Hitler came in for a measure of praise, particularly in Britain. (cf Moseley, Duke of Windsor, et al.)
Again let me assure you, that I carry no brief against Ron Paul. If it indeed develops that it is he who can formulate a PLAN, a PROGRAM, provide the GOP with LEADERSHIP, and has a CLUE as to how to control the last two years of the Reign of Obama and save our country and its economy, I'll be with you on the barricades.
Also note that nowhere in my posts do I disagree with HIS, (Ron Paul's) use of the terms "Corporatism" or "Corporate State."
Both, of course, refer to Fascism, a word sure to be twisted by the MSM, who still use the terminology of the Communists of the Spanish Civil War.