CB: Was Nazi Germany the only fascism ever ? Doesn't make sense to preserve
the term "fascist" only for Nazi Germany

No, Italy, Spain and Portugal were. There were also fascist movements
throughout Europe in this period and in the USA that never took power, from
Romania to France. In the USA you had the Silver Shirts, for example. They
were used to smash strikes just as they were in Europe. Violent attacks on
strikes are a very rare occurrence in the USA since WWII, which should make
you think twice about using the term fascism. However, I am beginning to
understand that you are far more interested in attaching the label to
individual actions carried out by non-fascist governments, like Harry
Truman's. If this is the case, I am not sure we are that far apart.
Although I myself would simply call the loyalty oath an unconstitutional
law and leave it at that. For me, fascism starts when the parliamentary
system is stretched beyond its limits and society is on the verge of civil
war. This was clearly not the case in 1947.


CB: The act of waging illegal war _is_ a sufficient condition to make that
act a fascist act.  Eating meat is not a sufficient condition to make one a
lion. QED

I see that you are once again referring to fascist acts. The US war in the
Philippines was an illegal war, but there was no fascist movement at this
point in history. Fascism is a highly specific movement that involves
pseudosocialist demagogy and what appears to be dictatorial control over
private industry by the state. This movement takes on these characteristics
in order to fool the workers. It is not necessary to have an aggressive
foreign policy to be fascist. Spain and Portugal did not fight during WWII.


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