From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sun Jun 13 2004 - 15:19:42 BST
Hi DMB, MSH, All:
I have to hand it to DMB and MSH. Their attempts to revise history seem
convincing, particularly their descriptions of "fascism." What they fail
to tell you, however, is that Mussolini was a socialist, who, thrown out
by fellow-socialists, formed his own socialist party named "fascist" after
a symbol from ancient Rome. Hitler's outfit was called the National
Socialist German Workers' Party, with a manifesto copied from Marx. It was
Stalin who named Hitler's regime "fascist' to cover up the fact that it,
too, was socialist like his own bloody regime..
Communism and fascism are both forms of socialism of the dictatorial type
as differentiated from the democratic type. Both types advocate big
government, redistribution of wealth, class warfare, revisionist history
and political correctness.
Capitalism on the other hand advocates small government, rule of law,
guaranteed property and individual rights, the prerequisites of freedom.
No question in my mind, nor in Pirsig's, which system is more moral.
What I find most amusing is the many so called "intellectuals," especially
in academe, who condemn "corporate greed" yet have no problem taking a
salary from institutions who depend on corporations for funding.
Regards,
Platt
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