Skipjack wrote:No, they are not, they are not, they are not.Fascism, Communism, National Socialism, and Socialism are all different descriptions for pretty much the same thing.
It's all too easy to focus on incidental differences and miss the common feature at the core of Fascism, Communism, National Socialism, and Socialism: A tyrannical central authority dominating the distribution and use of wealth "for the good of the people".Diogenes wrote:Skipjack wrote:No, they are not, they are not, they are not.Fascism, Communism, National Socialism, and Socialism are all different descriptions for pretty much the same thing.
Then you can, no doubt, point out what you regard as the obvious differences between them?
I am, hopefully, immune to flattery.Diogenes wrote:I am impressed with the writing I have seen from you elsewhere which discusses the technical merits of some piece of technology or other, but on this I think you are off base..
We seem to agree on the basic topology (connectedness or siblinghood of Communism and Fascism), but disagree on the geometry, specifically the phase angles of the discernable parties. You place their interface on the "left" wing, I place it at the junction of the "left" and "right" wingtips. The 'right' wing is just better at concealing its 'leftiness', IMO.Diogenes wrote:I could recommend a number of books for you to read which would show that both the communists and the fascists are left wing, and the animosity between them was a case of sibling rivalry.
The Connection between the Nazional Sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter Partei and the Communists is quite strong. The Reason the Official Nazi flag had a Red background was because they were originally made from Communist flags which subsequently had a Swastika sewn over the Hammer and Crescent.
Would you put white supremacists on the right or the left side?Then you can, no doubt, point out what you regard as the obvious differences between them?
And then there's the "reactionary sword-minded regime" version of that:hanelyp wrote:It's all too easy to focus on incidental differences and miss the common feature at the core of Fascism, Communism, National Socialism, and Socialism: A tyrannical central authority dominating the distribution and use of wealth "for the good of the people".
They also always end up with which those in government having the wealth, at least until deposed.
By sending — literally — brownshirted enforcers to engage in — literally — a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath. You can try to pretty this up (It’s just about possible probation violations! Sure.), or make excuses or draw distinctions, but that’s what’s happened. It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace.
choff wrote:Just for the fun of it the western world should cutoff all food exports to these radical muslim states in retaliation for attacking embassies and killing the staff right on the September 11 aniversary.
A moratorium of about a years duration should drive prices through the roof and have the local population at the throats of all these jokers that say 'Obama we are Osama.' It would do them some good to find out how it feels to be on the receiving end from an angry crowd.
Enlightened Marxist Harry Belafonte was on with pal Al Sharpton this week. His advice for Obama was to imprison opposition like a “third world dictator.”
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TSA Rifles Through Bags, Conducts Pat Downs At Paul Ryan Event
An older version used to be known as the STA, as in GESTAPO.The TSA has also announced its intention to expand the VIPR program to include roadside inspections of commercial vehicles, setting up a network of internal checkpoints and rolling out security procedures already active in airports, bus terminals and subway stations to roads and highways across the United States.
http://www.infowars.com/tsa-rifles-thro ... yan-event/
