I am extremely cognizant on the similarities/differences of fascism &
communism. And the differences between Nazism and generic fascism. Adolph
Hitler stated, for instance: "Those of you who think of National Socialism as
a political movement know nothing about it. National Socialism is a new
religion, and the SS are it's high priests."
Fascism is the melding of evil governments and evil corporations. The
US government today is clearly fascist. Tim, with his preference of fascist
regimes over anything even smacking of social justice, coupled with his
racism and anti-semeticism, is clearly a Nazi.
My understanding of libertarianism is "fiscally conservative and
socially liberal" -- at least that's how the Libertarian Party calls it.
Supporting fascist regimes in Guatemala, for instance, for the profit of
multinational corporations and against the poor is the antithesis of
libertarianism. The peasantry of Latin America has been driven into the
cities by the "anti-guerilla" actions of the local military (which wouldn't
be possible without US support), have had their ancestral lands stolen by the
large corporate agri-business, timber companies, etc., and turned into
wage-slaves for corporate profit. We see the exact same pattern occurring in
the US, and this pattern is escalating as our local industry moves their
operations to the Third World, leaving US factory folk, who were making a
living, sometimes a "good" living, scrambling; and US farmers being kicked
off the farm in droves by the machinations of corporate agri-business and
banks/Federal Reserve. They just have a bigger cliff to fall off of, but
they'll soon be in the same boat as the peasants of Latin America.
Tim thinks this outlook is communist? I think it has to do with basic
justice and freedom -- and you ain't free if you can't make a decent, living
wage -- not socialism. I hate government, and the more socialism you have,
the more government you need to make it work, so that isn't the solution.
The solution for Guatemala, as far as I'm concerned, is cutting off all US
aid to the government, and supplying massive amounts of small arms and rocket
launchers to the peasants, and let them sort it out.
Has anyone heard Bruce Coburn's song "If I Had A Rocket Launcher" ?
I can upload the mp3 file somewhere if anyone wants it. It's rather
uplifting. 8-)
"William H. Geiger III" wrote:
> > You mean instead of staying on what you would like to be the
> >Nazipunks list?
>
> If you had any grasp of history & political science you would know there
> is no significant difference between communism & fascism.
>
>
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Harmon Seaver, MLIS Systems Librarian
Arrowhead Library System Virginia, MN
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