>>> Bryan A. Alexander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2/10/96, 11:04pm >>> Then again, Buchanan might be considered a prot-fascist actor within a time period not readily amenable to fascism: a character for the active repression of insurgent labor when such measures are not needed.Tragic, really... Bryan Alexander Department of English email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Michigan phone: (313) 764-0418 Ann Arbor, MI USA 48103 fax: (313) 763-3128 http://www.umich.edu/~bnalexan > > Fascism implies bonapartist and rightwing elements by definition, so the > above characterization fails to distinguish Buchananism from fascism. > > I would propose that Buchanan is a transitional "democratic" fascist - a > fascist transitionally deploying (or being deployed beyond his own > ideological consciousness of himself) a "democratic > (counter)revolutionary" tactic. All smart European neofascists (Fini, > etc.), deploy this tactic today, even "denouncing Hitler". Also, note the > transition of forms between Franco, Mussolini and Hitler. > -Brad Mayer > > > --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---
