there is a saying that fascism is capitalism in crisis. I don't think this reactionary crisis response is restricted to capitalist economies or fascism. though

there is a saying that fascism is capitalism in crisis. I don't think this reactionary crisis response is restricted to capitalist economies or fascism. though. We can see this, for just one example, in the various persecutions of Jews in Europe during the middle ages any time there was a crop failure or a plague or some similar disaster.