Incorrect use of the word 'fascist' thread.

[k-onmmunist]

Palin shoots big scary guns, and is a facsist in a skirt, just like Bush.  She scare me!

Hopefully Dennis Kuicinich.  Obama is turning into a pro-war fascist who kills innocent muslims, just like Bush.

Let it begin.

[k-onmmunist]

There's a legitimate argument to be made that Bush's economic policies were fascist.

No there isn't. Bush didn't consolidate the power of the nation's economy into 22 corporations did he? No.

[k-onmmunist]

"A political regime, having totalitarian aspirations, ideologically based on centralized government, government control of business, repression of criticism or opposition, a leader cult and exalting the state and/or religion above individual rights."

Sounds like Bush.

I don't like Bush either, but he wasn't a totalitarian. Please do use some perspective.

[k-onmmunist]

Bush was probably the closest to a fascist that a relatively liberal democracy like ours can see without first undergoing significant structural warping.

This is true. But the distance between him and fascism remains enormous.

That pretty much sums it up.

[k-onmmunist]

There's a legitimate argument to be made that Bush's economic policies were fascist.

No such thing as fascist economic policies.

Corporatism.

[k-onmmunist]

There are Obama/Geithner/Bernanke policies that, in isolation, come close to fitting the bill.

LOL

What?

[k-onmmunist]

There are Obama/Geithner/Bernanke policies that, in isolation, come close to fitting the bill.

LOL

What?

Yeah, sure Obama is an evil fascist who wants to rule the economy !

Notice how he said IN ISOLATION.

[k-onmmunist]

There are Obama/Geithner/Bernanke policies that, in isolation, come close to fitting the bill.

LOL

What?

Yeah, sure Obama is an evil fascist who wants to rule the economy !

Notice how he said IN ISOLATION.

Changes nothing to the sense of the comment. Confusing fascism and a ridiculously minimal regulation of the economic system is an inanity.

Ridiculously minimal?! There shouldn't even be any regulation OR government for goodness sake!

[k-onmmunist]

Fascist.

[k-onmmunist]

Is there a way to prevent every other thread from falling into an argument between Disraeli and Antonio over libertarian theory or fascism?

Yes. Pin a thread explaining what fascism is, and ban anyone who uses it incorrectly

[k-onmmunist]

There's a legitimate argument to be made that Bush's economic policies were fascist.

No such thing as fascist economic policies.

Corporatism.

Economic policies undertaken by some fascist governments in some circumstances, but hardly an inherently fascist economic policy.

Well, what is fascism but the policies of the Partito Nazionale Fascista?

There were also fascist governments in Germany, Spain, Japan, Romania...

Italy was the first, and the nearest to what most people associate with pure fascism.

Also, Japan wasn't fascist, arguably.