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===Alleged manifestation of lumpenproletariat alliance with right-wing movements=== | ===Alleged manifestation of lumpenproletariat alliance with right-wing movements=== | ||
Anti-fascist socialists also claim the lumpenproletariat was instrumental to the rise of Hitler, with claims the Nazi party's paramilitary group [[Sturmabteilung]](SA) allegedly contained many, "lumpens".<ref>https://intransigence.org/2019/03/26/on-the-lumpenproletariat/</ref> The Sturmabteilung engaged in street battles with the Communist Party of Germany's own paramilitary forces, which some saw as analogous to the gamer right-wing protesters at the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally engaging in street fights with left-wingers and anti-racists. | Anti-fascist socialists also claim the lumpenproletariat was instrumental to the rise of Hitler, with claims the Nazi party's paramilitary group [[Sturmabteilung]](SA) allegedly contained many, "lumpens".<ref>https://intransigence.org/2019/03/26/on-the-lumpenproletariat/</ref> The [[Sturmabteilung]] engaged in street battles with the Communist Party of Germany's own paramilitary forces, which some saw as analogous to the gamer right-wing protesters at the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally engaging in street fights with left-wingers and anti-racists. | ||
Furthermore, certain contemporary right-wing shows such as [[Alex Jones]]' infowars are arguably have shown sympathy or pandering to lumpenproletariats, for example, when Alex Jones offered a staff position to someone who's only claim to fame was being a 30 year old [[NEET]] who became famous for refusing to leave his parents house until his parents filed a lawsuit. Marxists would probably argue the Alex Jones show is itself lumpenproletariat. | Furthermore, certain contemporary right-wing shows such as [[Alex Jones]]' infowars are arguably have shown sympathy or pandering to lumpenproletariats, for example, when Alex Jones offered a staff position to someone who's only claim to fame was being a 30 year old [[NEET]] who became famous for refusing to leave his parents house until his parents filed a lawsuit. Marxists would probably argue the Alex Jones show is itself lumpenproletariat. | ||