So it pretty well fits our current economic system. I don't blame either party, rather I blame both. They both want to limit liberty and freedom, personal and economic, albeit for different reasons.
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Early Warning Signs of Fascism" > > Oh. This is in regards to Republicans. That makes sense. The early signs > for President Obama have been around since he was elected. > > Anyway, what do you define as fascism. It means different things to > different people. > > Here's a definition from Sheldon Richman's "Concise Encyclopedia of > Economics" > > In its day (the 1920's and 1930's), fascism was seen as the happy medium > between boom-and-bust-prone capitalism, with its alleged class conflict, > wasteful competition, and profit-oriented egoism, and Marxism, with its > violent socially divisive prosecution of the bourgeoisie. > > Where socialism abolished all market relations outright, fascism left the > appearance of market relations while planning all economic activities. > Where socialism abolished money and prices; fascism controlled the monetary > system and set all prices and wages politically. > > Under fascism, the state, through official agencies, controlled all aspects > of manufacturing, commerce, finance, and agriculture. Licensing was > ubiquitous; no economic activity could be undertaken without government > permission. Levels of consumption were dictated by the state, and "excess" > incomes had to be surrendered as taxes or "loans". > > To maintain high employment and minimize popular discontent, fascist > governments also undertook massive public-works programs financed by steep > taxes, borrowing and fiat money creation*. * > > > That is > > As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a capitalistic veneer. > > > > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
