Subj : Re: Fascism and Socialism
To   : Mike Powell
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sun Oct 30 2022 14:46:42

On 30 Oct 2022, Mike Powell said the following...
 MP> > Furthermore, the Nazis, despite their name, were a right-wing
 MP> > fascist organization.
 MP> The father of Fascism was a ardent socialist.  He was the editor of the
 MP> largest Socialist publication in his country, if not all of Europe.  His
 MP> belief that in order for socialism to take hold nationally the Socialists
 MP> needed to abandon their belief neutrality in WWI (because fighting would
 MP> spark a revolution), he got kicked out of the publication.
 MP> When he continued spreading his beliefs by publishing his own periodical,
 MP> he got kicked out of the party.  While he would go on to persecute
 MP> Socialists leaders (capitalization here important) because they were a
 MP> threat to his rise to power, he did not change his overall socialist
 MP> views.

I suppose you're referring to Georges Valois? He was not a socialist, but
could not be openly right-wing without endangering his employment.

Fascism is 100% right-wing. Both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini led
far-right governments.

Jeff.

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