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To: Micawber who wrote (15499)12/17/2003 6:48:27 AM
From: Elroy JetsonRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
Bush is that popular new mix. On fiscal issues he's a socialist while on social issues and personal freedom he's extreme-right.

A review of political theory reveals this odd combination is classic Fascism. Expansion of the State coupled with a curtailment of personal freedoms.

The General Theory of Fascism

A. The Fascist Negations
Anti-liberalism.
Anti-communism.
Anti-conservatism.

B. Ideology and Goals
Creation of a new nationalist authoritarian state.
Organization of a new kind of regulated, multi-class, integrated national economic structure.
The goal of empire.
Specific espousal of an idealist, voluntarist creed.

C. Style and Organization
Emphasis on aesthetic structure, stressing romantic and mystical aspects.
Attempted mass mobilization with militarization of political relationships and style, and the goal of a mass party militia.
Positive evaluation and use of violence.
Extreme stress on the masculine principle.
Exaltation of youth.
Specific tendency toward an authoritarian, charismatic, personal style of command.