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To: Michael M who wrote (75046)	2/23/2000 8:08:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Congratulations on real stuff!and good luck to your friend....Thanks for your observation<VBG>....

To: Michael M who wrote (75046)	2/23/2000 8:34:00 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

Another connection between the Left and fascism (from the Kosovo thread, I posted it in November): Fascism is a natural result of a certain strain of ethnic nationalism, that glorifies "organic democracy" and supposes that the Leader is the one best suited to identify and implement the destiny of the Volk. The depiction of the General Will in Rousseau already had these characteristics: a contempt for majoritarianism, and hence electoral politics, a mandate to discover a consensus, and an emphasis on populist leadership to bring the General Will to light. From that, the leap to racism is not very great, since each Volk has its own characteristics and destiny, and there is a natural competition and hierarchy among peoples. Anti-semitism has these characteristics: it makes the question of being a Jew secular, and impervious to assimilation, conversion, or intermarriage; and it identifies an alien presence in the Volk, one that is educated, assertive, and successful when allowed assimilation, and therefore inimical to the destiny of the Volk, because of the potential for undue influence and covert antagonism....