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To: MNI who wrote (48988)	8/4/1999 10:35:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

I was not looking for novelty, all of the facts are pretty well known, it is the synthesis of the facts that is interesting. I think that history is of necessity mostly taught in a simplified way, because there is no time to go through every possible controversy. And yes, I do think it is "objective enough", that is, the best narrative currently available. My point is that there is always interpretation....Fascism grew out of the socialist movement, as a kind of revisionist socialism. About that, Darrell is correct. Moreover, many of the right-wing parties despised the Fascists and Nazis. On the other hand, the primary appeal of both was to the chauvinist Right. Still, they tried to retain a working class appeal.You are quite right, "Workers'" was never dropped from the official name, but it started to be shortened to National Socialists...All of the "what ifs" are interesting, and some of the possibilities were truly harrowing, but it is doubtful that any other party would have quite made the bid for continental hegemony that the Nazis did, and it is doubtful that the Nazis would have found a leader as successful as Hitler. I think it is appropriate, in any case, after discussing the impersonal forces, to note that the character of the party and its leader were crucial to what actually transpired....