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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: KLP who wrote (146344)9/26/2004 2:10:17 PM
From: skinowski  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Care to define your version of Fascism and Communism/Socialism/Marxism? As near as I can see, they may be 359 degrees apart...therefore so close there is minimal difference.

Well said. I think what they have in common is wild collectivism - and disregard for the rights of an individual. Generally, such social orders tend to be closer to being a criminal enterprise, rather then a functional political system.

While Soviets used to say that businesses, or "means of production" - or the entire economy - "belonged to the people" -- in reality they belonged to the big Party bosses, who usurped power, and run by their hand-picked appointees...
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