When you CON$ lie about something so trivial as what a "term of endearment" is, why should anyone believe you would tell the truth about anything else?
Hitler is the patron saint of the Right.
How do you know that it is not a "term of endearment" ? I feel no anger towards you ed (pity maybe but no anger)
Please explain how hitler's old socialism is not the new socialism?
Well, in CON$ervative doublespeak any insult can be a "term of endearment," but not in the real world.
And as you well know, Hitler was very clear to point out that his interpretation of socialism "has nothing to do with Marxian Socialism," saying that "Marxism is anti-property; true Socialism is not." -- Francis Ludwig Carsten, The Rise of Fascism, University of California Press, 1982, p. 137. Hitler quote from Sunday Express.
Hitler also said, "I absolutely insist on protecting private property... we must encourage private initiative". -- private statement made by Hitler on March 24, 1942. Cited in "Hitler's Secret Conversations." Translated by Norman Cameron and R.H. Stevens. Farrar, Straus and Young, Inc. 1953. p. 294
"any term of endearment can be an insult" ? Not very inclusive of you Ed, what would your friends at Rainbow meetings think?
We never said Hitler was a Marxist now did we ? There are a lot of interpretations of socialism; but that does not make one NOT a socialist. For example, fascism never had the international element to it that played a role in communism, however, this did not take away from fascism's dependency on statism to advance their governmental goals.
Even Lenin had have the N.E.P. to keep the economy from totally collapsing. Funny, how the even the very first attempts at communism failed
So what's your point? That in the transformation of a free market economy, socialists will need private enterprise to help them therefore they are not politically socialists?
Ed, most socialist states tend to encourage the growth of larger corporations because of the increased economics of scale created by gov't intrusion.
Do you think a socialist gov't could have created the German war machine in the same time period and quality from scratch? (Think DMV) The nazi's were only being pragmatic in trying to build their war machine quickly. Indeed, they had monetary help from the same industrial groups that knew they could benefit from them being in power. Nor does this take away from the idea of a socialist gov't using their power to control the means of production through fiat. Were those companies responding to the free market by building tanks and such? If you believe that then I have a Pork Bill to sell you.
Strange, you see the same things today with politicians.
So if you are saying Hitler was being a pragmatic socialist by using private capital -sure
But, if you are saying this does not make him a socialist - wrong
You have still missed the mark Ed. Back to the original question
Again socialism is the gov't intrusion via gov't fiat or ownership of the factors of production to advance gov't goals
Please explain how hitler's old socialism is not the new socialism?
If anything, when one considers Papa Obama's secret deals with companies like Big Pharma, you have done
more to show similarities with Papa Obama then support the question.
Somehow, we don't think that was your intention
But it is funny- thanks for the laugh
