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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10842)	1/12/2002 12:39:21 PM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Re: What's your take on the Islamofascists? LOL... >>>>> Gus,why LOL? uhuh.com Facism - a ruling system giving government nearly total control of all people and all things. People retain private property ownership, but the government tells them what to do with it. Examples were government in Germany under Hitler's 4th Reich and in Italy under Mussolini during World War 2. Nazism under Hitler. users.erols.com Fascism Pure fascism is rather rare. In fact, many scholars would call only Mussolini, Hitler and a few of their contemporary satellites fascist. In this case, it seems rather pointless to set up a whole category for a narrow subset of autocratic regimes which existed in a handful of countries for less than a single generation. On the other hand, metaphorical fascism is quite common -- so common, in fact, that I've heard just about every regime in history denounced as "fascist" at one time or another. In this case, it's almost meaningless

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10842)	1/12/2002 12:46:37 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

What an oxymoron! Keep'em coming. >>>> As you wish, but why oxymoron? (Seems very descriptive,in fact brilliant definition of some Islamic Regimes ----Islamofascists.. stormy.org Fascism is also characterized by sovereignty of government elitism, blind obedience to authority, militarism, expanding jails and prisons, a subdued and/or regulated media, government propaganda, suppression of effective criticism, one political party, government indoctrination of children, and privileged groups and classes; this leads to restrictions, alienation and depression for minorities--a genocide physically and/or spiritually.

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10842)	1/12/2002 12:51:07 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

The Islamic regime, like many dictatorial regimes, has been able to brutally suppress the socialist and progressive forces. It has also been able to deprive people of any form of free organizations, but is not capable of depriving people of their way of life, their desires for music, for sex, for sport, etc., without being in constant conflict with the people. The social characteristics of the Islamic regime are one of the bases of its crisis. On the other hand, the Islamic regime is the regime of capital, which has found itself in a deep historical dead-end. The Islamic regime, as an economic project, is a defeated one. The Islamists were never able to establish an economic model with any viability. They tried all versions of known economic models. In the first decade, after the 1979 revolution, they tried a statist model, accompanied by the protectionist closing of trade doors and support for domestic goods and services. igc.org

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (10842)	1/12/2002 12:54:56 PM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

There is one thing that is never commented upon in the press: the Iranian Constitution. It is one of the strangest in the world. It attempts to reconcile two contradictory concepts: a government run by would-be holy men with a government run by the people. The supreme religious leader, as opposed to the President, according to this Constitution is specifically charged with duties as diverse as leading the television and radio network; appointing people to the hugely powerful Guardian Council, which can overrule the parliament at will; dismissing the elected president; and assuming supreme command of the armed forces. The supreme religious leader “is equal with the rest of the people of the country in the eyes of the law.” He is also described in the constitution as a “holy person.” Indeed, the justification of the Iranian regime is ultimately rooted in this holy person’s alleged nearness to God and the Koran. In this Constitution there are numerous Councils mentioned, anyone of which seemingly has enormous powers, except when it is seen that each of them in some way is dependent on another and they all revert to the authority of the supreme leader. claremont.org