A great question

[Mark Kohut]

All fascist movements advocate the creation of an authoritarian government that is an autocratic single-party state led by a dictator.[citation needed] Many fascist movements support the creation of a totalitarian state. The Italian Doctrine of Fascism states: "The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value........wikipedia



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From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Monday, February 16, 2009 12:28:21 PM
Subject: Re: A great question

But the big Communist countries of our times (Russia, China) and many of the smaller ones were the same way - it was all about centralized control of every economic thing and a bunch of political/social things, too.  I think fascism is something more or something other, like the addition of a seriously militarist based society.  (Yes, US ca Reagan and the Bushies and as portrayed  in Vineland.)  Fascism is a just a capitalist-militarist version of Communism - it's about a dictatorship of the state.  -  the problem is (imo, of course)  at what point is some central control necessary and at what point is it too much.

Bekah

On Feb 16, 2009, at 9:13 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> Laura asks:
> Is capitalism fascist?  A genuine question.  I'm not sure of the answer.
> 
> I'm not sure either but I suggest SIZE MATTERS: small business 'capitalism', before some businesses
> become of a certain size---I know, how big?---does not have to be?
> 
> I'm thinking, historically, of small merchants and other companies in, say, a pre-industrial America, just
> for a place to start talking......
> But then, if some BIG DOGS came to own all the land................???
> 
> So, still thinking aloud here, the opposite of fascism, politically, is what? A kind of democratic individualism
> in which all one's 'rights' are not violated, trampled on, overrun???
> 
> So, he continues giddily, out of semi-control here, maybe when capitalism's Companies became like Persons by
> law....(They are, ya know)!!!  Suddenly, Company Persons became Giant Adenoids, so to speak!
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