================== FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== Germnay didn't have lingering traditions of autocratic rule hampering their attempt at democracy, quite to the contrary. The Weimar republic was the most democratic government form at that time, with a center, conservative, social democratic, communist and national socialist party. The problem was that Germany was in the midst of its worst economic depression due to the world economic depression, high war repair payments from WW1, loan repayments from WW1 and economic isoloation due to the Versaille contract plus occupation of its main industrial centrer. Similar to the US, Germans voted for a strong right wing leader to get them out of the econmic slump. Hitler than simply denied loan payments. Wonder if the US government will do the same to its foreign debt, the largest in the world.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ================== FIGHT THE RIGHT! ================== > Taking over the gas tank of world capitalism - From the theoretical > point of view, the comparison between Bush and Hitler is correct. I have to agree. Emil Fuchs' description* of how it felt to be in Germany under Hitler's dominion feels increasingly relevant to our moral situation. But there are differences. Whether these are just differences in style between fascism in one nation and in another--or temporary differences we can expect to gradually disappear--or small differences in essence--Can any of us say? AJP Taylor, talking about Hitler vs other German politicians of his time, said that their foreign policies were much alike, that none of them could hope for popular support with a foreign policy significantly different from Hitler's. The difference was in how brutal he was willing to be against his own people. I have no doubt that Bush, as an individual, is as brutal as Hitler, and that his backers include people with few scruples against violence. Even so, there has not been anything like Hitler's suppression of political opposition... so far. Where Germany had lingering traditions of autocratic rule hampering their attempt at democracy, we have lingering democratic ideals restraining the neocons' grasp for power. It may be, that since democratic opposition seems to be little actual threat to their plans, they won't bother to suppress it. Or perhaps the psychology of tyranny will lead them to seek increasingly tight control, even if they would in fact be better off without it. Other considerations here? Forrest Curo *[Pendle Hill pamphlet # 49, 'Christ in Catastrophe,' available for free download from www.Pendlehill.org] ----------------------------------------- This email was sent using AIS WebMail. http://www.americanis.net/ ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================== 4 Portals - 2 News Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No BuSHIT! It all starts here: - http://pnews.org/ (Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ============================================================== RHETORIC/PNEWS-L Subscription/Unsub information: http://pnews.org/signup.shtml - ALL LINKS: http://pnews.org/ ============================================================== --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! – What will yours do? ----- / o o \ ===OO=====OO================================================== 4 Portals - 2 News Wikis - 2 Conferences -- No BuSHIT! It all starts here: - http://pnews.org/ (Internet since 1982) http://pnews.org/PhpWiki/ (West Coast News Wiki) http://g0lem.net/PhpWiki/ (East Coast News Wiki) ============================================================== RHETORIC/PNEWS-L Subscription/Unsub information: http://pnews.org/signup.shtml - ALL LINKS: http://pnews.org/ ==============================================================
