"When fascism comes to America...it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." Sinclair Lewis
It is always fascinating how the right wing conservatives are able to use a few pejorative labels as substitutes for thought and knowledge. No need to think, simply label someone, devil, Satan, witch, liberal, fascist, communist, Marxist, or evil and the conservative feels they have actually said something. Their lack of knowledge is simply astounding but then complicated thought is much too difficult for them.
RP - Stalin called his system democratic, do you think it was? Nazism is simply a more virulent form of fascism. It is of the right or conservative side of the political spectrum as it opposes liberalism and the individual and praises the nation and corporatism. Nationalism and corporatism are still evident today on the right in the conservative side of the republican party, and their opposition to several initiatives that support people. The conservatives object to anything that that helps the working person over the corporation, notice only their constant defense of walmart and their dislike of Unions.
This topic comes all the time as conservatives are unable to face the radical demonic side of their ideology. The following is a re-post as the right hides from itself once again. A serious question is when you really don't understand politics or political systems how is it you can understand anything. No wonder Bush Jr and Reagan failed the country so badly.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/politics/84756-where-did-the-word-nazi-come-from-4.html#post1472898
More below for the interested reader.
'Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:'
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays." *Fourteen Defining Characteristics Of Fascism
“It was in the third period–after 1929–that the true significance of fascism became apparent...Until then fascism had been hardly more than a trait in Italy’s authoritarian government...It now emerged as an alternative solution of the problem of industrial society. Germany took the lead in a revolution of European scope...”
The Contemporary Condition: What Was Fascism?
The Contemporary Condition: Aspirational Fascism
Eco - "Eternal Fascism: 14 Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt"