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Originally posted by really
reply to post by WhatTheory
Aren't fascism and marxism diametrically opposed?
Originally posted by WhatTheory
Originally posted by really
reply to post by WhatTheory
Aren't fascism and marxism diametrically opposed?
Umm.....No. Why would you think that?
Originally posted by JScytale
most americans who use socialism as a term for "bad" would probably have their minds completely blown to learn that ideas such as "equal rights for all", "freedom from oppression", "i own what i produce", etc are all thoroughly marxist ideas. In fact I simply can't see how a human being with a conscience could consider capitalism to be the *morally* superior choice over marxism if he thoroughly understood both theories.
Originally posted by The Answer
I though i was the only one with that theory! I hope they do put brith control into the water.
Originally posted by CRB86
For a start, Fascists are ultra-nationalist whereas the ultimate aim of Socialism is the eradication of nationhood.
Originally posted by CRB86
Expansionist imperialism is a key tenet of Fascism. Empire building is vital. If you think that empire building is in any way related to Socialism then you do not have even a basic understanding of Socialism.
Fascism opposes class conflict, blames capitalist liberal democracies for its creation and communists for exploiting the concept.[9] Fascism is much defined by what it opposes, what scholars call the fascist negations - its opposition to individualism,[10] rationalism, liberalism, conservatism and communism. [11] In the economic sphere, many fascist leaders have claimed to support a "Third Way" in economic policy, which they believed superior to both the rampant individualism of unrestrained capitalism and the severe control of state communism.
Originally posted by CRB86
Fascists believe in the charismatic dictator as the ultimate authority. Marx wrote of the proletariat governing themselves, and of the equality of man.
Originally posted by CRB86
Fascists were for a 'survival of the fittest' model of existence. No health-care, no welfare state. Please tell me how this could be in any way construed as pertaining to the radical left.
Originally posted by CRB86
This is not to mention that Marxism, Socialism and Communism are all VERY different from each other.
Originally posted by CRB86
Marxism and Fascism are diametrically opposed. I can't believe that just because the Nazis practised what was called 'National Socialism' that an entire generation of Americans equates Fascism and Socialism.
Literally unbelievable.
"We are socialists, we are enemies of todays capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions"
(Speech of May 1, 1927. Quoted by Toland, 1976, p. 306)
9. All citizens must possess equal rights and duties.
10. The first duty of every citizen must be to work mentally or physically. No individual shall do any work that offends against the interest of the community to the benefit of all.
Therefore we demand:
11. That all unearned income, and all income that does not arise from work, be abolished.
12. Since every war imposes on the people fearful sacrifices in blood and treasure, all personal profit arising from the war must be regarded as treason to the people. We therefore demand the total confiscation of all war profits.
13. We demand the nationalization of all trusts.
14. We demand profit-sharing in large industries.
15. We demand a generous increase in old-age pensions.
16. We demand the creation and maintenance of a sound middle-class, the immediate communalization of large stores which will be rented cheaply to small tradespeople, and the strongest consideration must be given to ensure that small traders shall deliver the supplies needed by the State, the provinces and municipalities.
17. We demand an agrarian reform in accordance with our national requirements, and the enactment of a law to expropriate the owners without compensation of any land needed for the common purpose. The abolition of ground rents, and the prohibition of all speculation in land.
18. We demand that ruthless war be waged against those who work to the injury of the common welfare. Traitors, usurers, profiteers, etc., are to be punished with death, regardless of creed or race.
19. We demand that Roman law, which serves a materialist ordering of the world, be replaced by German common law.
20. In order to make it possible for every capable and industrious German to obtain higher education, and thus the opportunity to reach into positions of leadership, the State must assume the responsibility of organizing thoroughly the entire cultural system of the people. The curricula of all educational establishments shall be adapted to practical life. The conception of the State Idea (science of citizenship) must be taught in the schools from the very beginning. We demand that specially talented children of poor parents, whatever their station or occupation, be educated at the expense of the State.
COMMON GOOD BEFORE INDIVIDUAL GOOD
25. In order to carry out this program we demand: the creation of a strong central authority in the State, the unconditional authority by the political central parliament of the whole State and all its organizations.
The formation of professional committees and of committees representing the several estates of the realm, to ensure that the laws promulgated by the central authority shall be carried out by the federal states.
The leaders of the party undertake to promote the execution of the foregoing points at all costs, if necessary at the sacrifice of their own lives.