this shows how much the 'right' are close to fascism

[xoggoth]

Anyone who thinks that hatred/blaming of Jews, Gypsies or the disabled was an invention of Hitler knows nothing about history.

[original PM]

You're Goddamn Right!

Every time I hear the word "Culture" I reach for my AK47.

You will probably not like Iain M Banks novels then.

Which is a shame!!

:-P

[DodgyAgent]

Well there wasn't really that much difference between Hitler and Mussolini, and Mao and Stalin, or their respective ideologies. Except that the latter may have starved more people to death, I suppose.

Right wing or left wing their regimes amounted to suppression of freedom and economies controlled by the state. Nothing like the UK though the left would like to turn the UK into a totalitarian stste

[Zero Liability]

Well there wasn't really that much difference between Hitler and Mussolini, and Mao and Stalin, or their respective ideologies. Except that the latter may have starved more people to death, I suppose.

[darmstadt]

You do post some utter crap. Stalin and most communist leaders, indeed most undemocratic leaders of whatever political leaning, would have ticked most of those boxes too.

Not as much crap as the right ring rankers here though. But its true though isn't it? It goes to show that there isn't much to differentiate between left and right, whether they're extremists such as the Stalinists or Hitlerites or moderates such as the Blairs and Camerons

[DodgyAgent]

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently wrote an article about fascism (“Fascism Anyone?,” Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20). Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

Many of these elements are very similar to the policies espoused by the political parties currently vying for your vote:

• Powerful and Continuing Nationalism An attempt to smear anyone who is worried/affected by the open doors policy of the last govt.
• Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights. Political correctness rules
• Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause... Hang all socialists
• Supremacy of the Military. examples please
• Rampant Sexism.... Patronising of intolerant religious practices by the left the Rotherham and FGM
• Controlled Mass Media. ????
• Obsession with National Security .... Open doors immigration and the patronising attitude to multiculturalism
• Religion and Government are Intertwined... Open doors immigration and the patronising attitude to multiculturalism
• Corporate Power is Protected.... By the left
• Labor Power is Suppressed... Good
• Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts..... Thanks to the Sh*t education doled out by the state and control of the Unions
• Obsession with Crime and Punishment. failed welfare and failed public services
• Rampant Cronyism and Corruption.... Cuba, North Korea, argentina, any socialist controlled state
• Fraudulent Elections... Left wing institutions such as Liverpool city council and Tower hamlets

So basically in true self loathing style this is a thinly veiled summary of British culture that has been smeared as "fascist"

In which case bring on Fascism

[xoggoth]

You do post some utter crap. Stalin and most communist leaders, indeed most undemocratic leaders of whatever political leaning, would have ticked most of those boxes too.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Most governments in the world, through all of history, have exhibited most of those elements. I.e. the good doctor is a twat.

[darmstadt]

Political scientist Dr. Lawrence Britt recently wrote an article about fascism (“Fascism Anyone?,” Free Inquiry, Spring 2003, page 20). Studying the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia), and Pinochet (Chile), Dr. Britt found they all had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

Many of these elements are very similar to the policies espoused by the political parties currently vying for your vote:

• Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
• Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
• Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
• Supremacy of the Military
• Rampant Sexism
• Controlled Mass Media
• Obsession with National Security
• Religion and Government are Intertwined
• Corporate Power is Protected
• Labor Power is Suppressed
• Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
• Obsession with Crime and Punishment
• Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
• Fraudulent Elections