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It increases both the size and scope of government,
I'll let Bismarck speak for himself and let the reader decide:
Nonsense. Nationalism is directly rejected by Marxist and socialist works, literature, and doctrine, while it is embraced by right wing groups. You are speaking nonsense.
What a stupid statement. The military is not a socialist institution. You are speaking nonsense.
Which is why they both abolished it, right? Oh no? They didn't?
Oh wait, here's what Hitler actually said:
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He abandoned socialism after becoming a fascist and made that very clear in his statements and writing.
US militarism can easily called socialistic. But it uses antisocial methods and mostly has an antisocial agenda....
What a stupid statement. The military is not a socialist institution. You are speaking nonsense.
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I think you've confused yourself by trying to figure history out by trying to label everything as mostly homogeneous socioeconomic political models. Every system is a mixture. The US system is a mixture. It's probably more socialist than capitalist.
I think you've confused yourself by trying to figure history out by trying to label everything as mostly homogeneous socioeconomic political models. Every system is a mixture. The US system is a mixture. It's probably more socialist than capitalist.
As I say, these models are outdated. We're well into the 21st century. Our main problems are: Earth is going to kill us off; a large percentage of the population lives with their needs not met. The solution is a socioeconomic model I call environmentalism-humanism.
There pretty much always were and always will be markets....
Stuff has to be produced, and to get stuff produced there are only two choices that I am aware of: the government or the market.
There pretty much always were and always will be markets.
You really need to change something in your approach.
Hitler did not want to exterminate communism (whatever that means). He hated Marxism and the Bolsheviks, because he noticed most of the Bolsheviks were Jews, and Marx himself was a Jew, and in case you didn't know, Hitler didn't like Jews very much.
But Hitler had no problem with communism itself, as evidence by the Nazi 25 point program which was loaded with commie policies.
Furthermore, if you believe fascists hated communists, then why did Mussolini often refer to himself as the "Lenin of Italy"?
Or why did Hitler allow thousands of communists into the Nazi party?
How about I start a new thread (probably tomorrow)?Well, convince me. Explain how your model of "environmentalism-humanism" keeps the store shelves full.
How about I start a new thread (probably tomorrow)?
Sometimes it's really hard to find political commentators who provide a good balance of criticism of both Democrats and Republicans. Kyle Kulinski is... okay, but too much of an irrational purist at times. Jimmy Dore is even more of a purist, but also very cringey and obsessed with AOC's 'betrayal' because she doesn't like his strategy for M4A. And then there's Krystal Ball (and Saagar) on The Hill Rising. For a while now I've been getting increasingly annoyed with their 'both-sides-isms', the smugness, and their obsession with the media. But last month's On My Radar segment combined with the events of yesterday was the final straw.
This aged sooo well:
Yes, but nationalism isn't rejected by actual communists in the real world,
It's pretty much common knowledge that it is.
As evidence against your bogus quote, Time Magazine,
Again, fascists are extremely hostile to private property rights,
But not by his actions,
Private enterprise was their main method of evading the treaty of versailles.Nonsense. Nationalism is directly rejected by Marxist and socialist works, literature, and doctrine, while it is embraced by right wing groups. You are speaking nonsense.
What a stupid statement. The military is not a socialist institution. You are speaking nonsense.
The Monarchs for tens of thousands of years who raised armies were not creating socialist institutions. You are literally just making shit up because you don't understand what words mean.
Which is why they both abolished it, right? Oh no? They didn't?
Oh wait, here's what Hitler actually said:
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He abandoned socialism after becoming a fascist and made that very clear in his statements and writing. Just because you don't know about them doesn't meant they didn't happen.
Fascism is therefore opposed to Socialism to which unity within the State (which amalgamates classes into a single economic and ethical reality) is unknown, and which sees in history nothing but the class struggle."
-Benito Mussolini
Hey aoc.Sounds good.
Make sure you describe institutions, not just goals and intentions.
Saying what you want is easy. Explaining how it will come about is the hard part.
Talking about needing 'temporary communism' during a pandemic does not make one a communist.
Private enterprise was their main method of evading the treaty of versailles.
It was still private property in the hands of German capitalists.ACtually It was Hitler's economic policies to acquire the necessary capital(including stiffing on the crushing reparation payments) and quietly building a government controlled military industrial complex (although they didn't call it that back then).
Yes, it's no secret that FDR had a man-crush on Mussolini.1. Consider public spending. Bernie, who is on the left, luvs public spending, as did Benito:
That doesn't sound very right wing.
2. Next, the welfare state. Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, and all of us on the far right want the welfare state eliminated completely, while Bernie, who is on the left, wants it drastically expanded. Here's what Mussolini did:
I think Bernie and all leftists would approve.
3. Bernie supports a federal jobs guarantee, which is an idea so stupid that only a leftist could support it. Mussolini loved the idea of increasing the number of people working for the state:
4. Next up is nationalization, i.e. socialism. Although Bernie doesn't talk about it too much today, earlier in his career he called for outright nationalization of many industries, and recently he called for nationalization of utility companies and national rent control. This of course, makes those of us on the political right vomit, but what did Mussolini think of nationalization?
Gee, that doesn't sound very right wing.
The idea that fascism is "right wing" is simply ludicrous. I'm far right, and my political views are the complete opposite of those held by Mussolini, Bernie, and Lenin.
Mussolini was a socialist for his entire life, ffs.
Yes, it's no secret that FDR had a man-crush on Mussolini.
I hate to disagree since I don't think she is a commie, but supporting a "temporary" form of communism is supporting communism. Using the tenets of such a repugnant ideology can't be "temporarily" imposed. Power Politics should inform those that have it tend to want to retain it.
Was Lincoln an authoritarian because he declared martial law for a brief period? I have never encountered a communist who only believed in temporary communism, have you?
It must be suck not reading at all.It must be nice to always read history backwards.
It must be suck not reading at all.
Clearly. You ought to try reading some actual history so you don't appear so ignorant.I've only read your post, and can read my own response well enough to tell your efforts at understanding how history works are like a child who doesnt understand history and stories are different things.
It is embarrassing. The kind of stuff flying in Q circles.
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