On 2/17/06, Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jens, > > Fascism is a form of socialism.
nonsense. it's an opposite of socialism. > However, Stalin, who never had any contact with Fascists before acquiring > power, > was certainly not a Fascist. He was a tyrant, and a communist, but far more > the > former than the latter, and persecuted anyone who might challenge him or > oppose him > (including anyone who openly supported true marxist socialism, like > Trotsky). trotsky has never been a socialist either. he was a communist, much more radical and brutal than stalin. > Fascism was invented by a communist newspaper editor by the name of > Benito Mussolini. 'Avanti' was a socialist newspaper. man, the terms "communist" and "socialist" are not generally freely interchangeable! > The only other Fascist leader to actually take power > was Franco in Spain, the term is used very inappropriately to describe > collectivist Nationalist dictatorships. nazism and fascism have enough similarities. as well as falangism, estado novo, etc, etc. > Hugo Chavez in Venezuela today is drawing heavily from the NSDAP > playbook (Right down to forming his own version of the SA), albeit with > a more explicitly Internationalist Socialist ideology and a distinct > lack of racism (Anti-americanism is sufficing in replacement, but the > only real requirement of the tactic is a group that is either external > or isolated and generally disliked to blame all their woes on). eh? what have you been smoking? > -Adam mishka
