saveliberty Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Forbes:Bill Flax9/01/2011 @ 3:43PM |17,272 viewsObama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History New Post 1 day ago Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In HistoryAdolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, G...Image via Wikipedia“The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator.” John T. Flynn Numerous commentators have raised alarming comparisons between America’s recent economic foibles and Argentina’s fall “from breadbasket to basket case.” The U.S. pursues a similar path with her economy increasingly ensnared under the growing nexus of government control. Resources are redistributed for vote-buying welfare schemes, patronage style earmarks, and graft by unelected bureaucrats, quid pro quo with unions, issue groups and legions of lobbyists.In Argentina, everyone acknowledges that fascism, state capitalism, corporatism – whatever – reflects very leftwing ideology. Eva Peron remains a liberal icon. President Obama’s Fabian policies (Keynesian economics) promise similar ends. His proposed infrastructure bank is just the latest gyration of corporatism. Why then are fascists consistently portrayed as conservatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valin Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Forbes: Bill Flax 9/01/2011 @ 3:43PM |17,272 views Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History New Post 1 day ago Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, G... Image via Wikipedia “The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator.” John T. Flynn Numerous commentators have raised alarming comparisons between America’s recent economic foibles and Argentina’s fall “from breadbasket to basket case.” The U.S. pursues a similar path with her economy increasingly ensnared under the growing nexus of government control. Resources are redistributed for vote-buying welfare schemes, patronage style earmarks, and graft by unelected bureaucrats, quid pro quo with unions, issue groups and legions of lobbyists. In Argentina, everyone acknowledges that fascism, state capitalism, corporatism – whatever – reflects very leftwing ideology. Eva Peron remains a liberal icon. President Obama’s Fabian policies (Keynesian economics) promise similar ends. His proposed infrastructure bank is just the latest gyration of corporatism. Why then are fascists consistently portrayed as conservatives? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSsB_jvk6U Forward to 6:38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveliberty Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 Thank you for posting that, Valin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanguine Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Great article. “The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator.” John T. Flynn Bears repeating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Thank you for posting that, Valin! I may have to do some digging and see if I can find that article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Forbes: Bill Flax 9/01/2011 @ 3:43PM |17,272 views Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History New Post 1 day ago Obama, Hitler, And Exploding The Biggest Lie In History Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, G... Image via Wikipedia "The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator." John T. Flynn Numerous commentators have raised alarming comparisons between America's recent economic foibles and Argentina's fall "from breadbasket to basket case." The U.S. pursues a similar path with her economy increasingly ensnared under the growing nexus of government control. Resources are redistributed for vote-buying welfare schemes, patronage style earmarks, and graft by unelected bureaucrats, quid pro quo with unions, issue groups and legions of lobbyists. In Argentina, everyone acknowledges that fascism, state capitalism, corporatism – whatever – reflects very leftwing ideology. Eva Peron remains a liberal icon. President Obama's Fabian policies (Keynesian economics) promise similar ends. His proposed infrastructure bank is just the latest gyration of corporatism. Why then are fascists consistently portrayed as conservatives? Good Fascists and Bad Fascists Mises Daily:Wednesday, August 08, 2012 by John T. Flynn [This article is excerpted from chapter 10 of As We Go Marching (1944).] First let us state our definition of fascism. It is, put briefly, a system of social organization in which the political state is a dictatorship supported by a political elite and in which the economic society is an autarchic capitalism, enclosed and planned, in which the government assumes responsibility for creating adequate purchasing power through the instrumentality of national debt and in which militarism is adopted as a great economic project for creating work as well as a great romantic project in the service of the imperialist state. Broken down, it includes these devices: 1. A government whose powers are unrestrained. 2. A leader who is a dictator, absolute in power but responsible to the party which is a preferred elite. 3. An economic system in which production and distribution are carried on by private owners but in accordance with plans made by the state directly or under its immediate supervision. se plans involve control of all the instruments of production and distribution through great government bureaus which have the power to make regulations or directives with the force of law. They involve also the comprehensive integration of government and private finances, under which investment is directed and regimented by the government, so that while ownership is private and production is carried on by private owners there is a type of socialization of investment, of the financial aspects of production. By this means the state, which by law and by regulation can exercise a powerful control over industry, can enormously expand and complete that control by assuming the role of banker and partner. They involve also the device of creating streams of purchasing power by federal government borrowing and spending as a permanent institution. As a necessary consequence of all this, militarism becomes an inevitable part of the system since it provides the easiest means of draining great numbers annually from the labor market and of creating a tremendous industry for the production of arms for defense, which industry is supported wholly by government borrowing and spending. Imperialism becomes an essential element of such a system where that is possible — particularly in the strong states, since the whole fascist system, despite its promises of abundance, necessitates great financial and personal sacrifices, which people cannot be induced to make in the interest of the ordinary objectives of civil life and which they will submit to only when they are presented with some national crusade or adventure on the heroic model touching deeply the springs of chauvinistic pride, interest, and feeling. Where these elements are found, there is fascism, by whatever name the system is called. And it now becomes our task to look very briefly into our own society and to see to what extent the seeds of this system are present here and to what degree they are being cultivated and by whom. read more http://mises.org/daily/2360/Good-Fascists-and-Bad-Fascists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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