Again, I clearly stated in our lifetime. We have lower taxes for everybody, from the rich to middle-class. Less government dependents. New records for employment for all minority groups. A 70% reduction in border crossings since May. Not only are jobs paying better money, but the median household income also broke a record. Pretty stable and growing stock market. These are all conservative ideologies, not fascism.
If this is fascism, then I'm a convert.
In the beginning, Benito had the same things. Until he got his over 60% in congress which used to rewrite the Italian Constitution. Mussolini also went after the Federal Court System as well and finally disbanded it since they would not bend to his wishes. He used the new Constitution to do that as well as his brown shirts. Yes, at first the creator of Fascism also helped Italy to prosper. But once he got full control, it went to hell in a handbasket.
There are only two things that prevents Rump from going full Fascist on everyone, the Supreme Court and the Constitution of the United States. Benito found a work around using the same tactics Rump is using. What is stopping him from having his Brown Shirts is the UCMJ for the Military. We are protected from both a socialist government and a fascist government but both sides are trying very hard to win their battle.
Now about the Economy. As long as things go smoothly and is propped up like it is, you will be happy. But the programs that would be needed for keeping it from going south are already in place. We don't have any wiggle room. So keep enjoying the good time.
Dramatic much?
The fascists are those trying to perform a coup on a duly elected POTUS.
You keep telling yourself that. But Fascism is an extreme rightwing and it's the extreme leftwingers you rag on continually about and those would be the other side of the coin, the Socialists.
You win an award.
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Fascism is leftwing.
Even to this day, the Italians are the experts in Fascism although they don't practice it in any form. And while the Italian version had some similarities to Nazism, it never was the same. Fascism can have religion and often times did seek the support of the Catholic Church. Nazism is Pagan by nature. And unlike Nazism that cannot exist without total failure, there are different Fascist Governments that flourished like Franco that came to being in 1936 and, in many ways, still survives in Spain. Fascism didn't die with Franco, it just adapted. And Fascism is probably the most adaptable type of ruling on the face of the earth.
Benito Mussolini was not a total failure. He did the things that Rump wants to do. In fact, Rump is operating right out of Benito's writings from the early 20s. Mussolini just never got the chance to complete his quest. WWII put a hold on it and the invasion by the Allies cut it short. Some scholars wonder where Mussolini would have gone had he not been embroiled in a world war during the most critical time of cementing his creation.
The answer to that question may lie in Franco's Spanish Fascist Government. But to understand that, one has to look at the history of Spain in the 20s and 30s. During that time, Franco was not in the country. He was a War Hero and a great General. He was never a Politician. During that time, the Socialist controlled Spain and there was a good amount of unrest by the elites and many of the lesser Churches. The problem the elites had was, they had a great general that didn't care for socialism. But he was out of the country. And to sneak him into Spain would only result in his assassination. So they had him go to the Italian armies that were no in country and raise an army. But it was weak in material support. In order to get the army and Franco into the country, the Elites had so spend enormous amounts of money. The problem was, the existing sitting Military was under the Socialists. Franco's army took all of the countryside and most of the smaller cities and towns. But the larger metro areas were heavy garrisoned and under Socialist control. The revolution was fought to a dead standstill. In order to break it, Franco went to the only other source of Fascism outside of Spain and that was Italy for weapons to outgun the socialist army. M
Again, I clearly stated in our lifetime. We have lower taxes for everybody, from the rich to middle-class. Less government dependents. New records for employment for all minority groups. A 70% reduction in border crossings since May. Not only are jobs paying better money, but the median household income also broke a record. Pretty stable and growing stock market. These are all conservative ideologies, not fascism.
If this is fascism, then I'm a convert.
In the beginning, Benito had the same things. Until he got his over 60% in congress which used to rewrite the Italian Constitution. Mussolini also went after the Federal Court System as well and finally disbanded it since they would not bend to his wishes. He used the new Constitution to do that as well as his brown shirts. Yes, at first the creator of Fascism also helped Italy to prosper. But once he got full control, it went to hell in a handbasket.
There are only two things that prevents Rump from going full Fascist on everyone, the Supreme Court and the Constitution of the United States. Benito found a work around using the same tactics Rump is using. What is stopping him from having his Brown Shirts is the UCMJ for the Military. We are protected from both a socialist government and a fascist government but both sides are trying very hard to win their battle.
Now about the Economy. As long as things go smoothly and is propped up like it is, you will be happy. But the programs that would be needed for keeping it from going south are already in place. We don't have any wiggle room. So keep enjoying the good time.
Dramatic much?
The fascists are those trying to perform a coup on a duly elected POTUS.
You keep telling yourself that. But Fascism is an extreme rightwing and it's the extreme leftwingers you rag on continually about and those would be the other side of the coin, the Socialists.
You win an award.
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Fascism is leftwing.
You need to ask the Italians to clarify what Fascism is. And while you are at it, ask the Spaniards that still have a form of it even today. While Italy has moved as far away from it as possible, Spain still has many remnants of Franco's Fascist Government. Fascism is definitely right wing. But it's in many different levels. Mussolini may have invented it but Franco made it work and it didn't die when he died. Like Franco, the Spanish Fascism adapted.
Looking at the opposite end of the spectrum, Socialism doesn't work. But you will find remnants of it throughout the world. Especially throughout Europe and even the United States. It's what makes great nations a nation but not by itself. Fascism was originally created to combat true Socialism. Lenin and Stalin had great influences on a global scale. Fascism was adopted by the Revolutionaries of Spain because it was the ideal tool to combat the socialism that ruled Spain. But Franco wasn't a Fascist. He was a great General. And much of his personality was adopted into the Spanish Fascism.
You see, Fascism comes in many flavors. Mussolini thought he had the answer when he didn't even really understand it himself all the way. He never had the chance. About the time he was seizing complete control, a world war broke out and Italy was invaded by a superior force. Mussolini tried to take Fascism to the level of Totalitarianism. While it could go there, it couldn't stay there for long. Hitler did the same for Germany with a modified version. It was much different that Mussolini's Fascism and light years from Franco's Fascism but, never the less, it was a form of Fascism. Both Mussolini and Hitler never go the chance to develop a peace version like Franco did. Spain elected to sit the war out and heal from it's own 1936 civil war. And Franco was no Mussolini or Hitler. He was a General thrust into power by the Elites and all levels of people. While he could be stern, he could also be kind.
Rump is operating or trying to operate, from the 1926 manifesto from Mussolini. It's not the end but the means to get to the end. Here are some similarities.
Mussolini got over 60% of his followers into the Italian Parliament and they rewrote the Italian Constitution. Mussolini was the Commander in Chief (the executive branch) and he controlled the congress who dissolved the Federal Court system and replaced it with their own which was totally controlled by the "Executive" branch meaning Mussolini. Mussolini used his brown shirts to enforce his will.
Now, let's look at Rump. He's trying to pack Congress with only those that he controls. he uses fear and intimidation to maintain control. He's trying to "Pack the Deck" with his own Justices that HE controls. But unlike Italy, we have two things that Italy didn't have. We have the Constitution of the United States and the Military UCMJ. Rump can't have his own Brown Shirts because the States won't allow it. Rump can't control the Supreme Court because of the Constitution and the way the Supreme Court was set up about a hundred years ago. But he's working on the Congress which he just might do is left to his own devices. An Italian Doctor (not medical) came up with the 14 points of Fascism. Rump has fulfilled or is trying to fulfill 12 of those points. He lacks the Brown Shirts so there goes on point. He can't take over either the Congress nor the Supreme Court and dissolve the other but you have to admit, he tries to control both of them. And, again, if left to his own devices, he just might accomplish one or the other. The Congress is much easier for him to control but that's not working out too well either.
One of the first things Mussolini did was to attack the Press. He hammered away at it, doing exactly what Rump is doing today. But after he weakened the message that the free press had, he then took control of the Government and started locking up journalists, having them shot, hung and worse until only the State Sponsored News Outlets existed. There was no respected Free Press left to show the pen is mightier than the sword because it isn't when the sword is alFascism is leftwing.lowed to be wielded against the press.
If only Rump were to take the Franco Fascist Play book from 1939 that withstood time in itself.
No, Fascism isn't left. It can be right or far right but never left. It was invented to combat the Socialists who were and still are left.
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