Joe from Kokomo wrote:

Can you define "fascist" please? With all the accusations and
tomfoolery floating about, I'm not sure I know what one is anymore...

Socialism: the government is business

Fascism: Business is the government


That reminds me of John Kenneth Galbraith, who said that "Under
capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism the reverse is true."

Seriously, though, the word fascism used to have a precise meaning,
but that's been lost because the Republican and Democratic gangs
started misusing the word as a pejorative term against each other.

As I wrote in my article "Everybody’s a Fascist Now!"

http://www.kevinalfredstrom.com/2009...a-fascist-now/

The pop-definition of “fascist” is roughly “big, bad, scary, and
mean authoritarianism.”

“Fascist” is used by the Democrat gang to refer to the Republicans
and their often authoritarian views on (among other things) war,
drugs, and sexuality — and by the Republican gang to refer to the
Democrats and their often authoritarian views on (among other
things) freedom of association, financial privacy, and taxation.

It’s misused that way because both sides think they can make brownie
points by scaring voters with the spectre of authoritarianism from
the rival gang.


With all good wishes,


Kevin Alfred Strom.
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http://kevinalfredstrom.com/