Technology wrote:Well, I don't think actually existing fascism, communism, and liberal-capitalism are remotely the same things at all. I just think that if you try hard enough you can make a logically coherent fusion of many of their key aspects.
Is Social Critic doing the same thing to pull a few legs? Or is he... serious?
Either way a master is at work. I cannot compete. Only salute in awe.
Fascism and communism are related because they SHARE common properties. An example would be White shark/seagoing croc. Their common properties are large, live in the ocean, and large bite.
Returning to communism and fascism, both rely on concentration of power at a center, which is usually a single political party tied to a charismatic leader or a bullshit variant (maoism versus stalisnism, nazism versus falangism). There are other common properties, and most of these lead to slavery and abuse of power.
What many of us have observed as communism failed in the 20th century was how it was replaced by fascist regimes. This doesn´t mean those in power declare themselves openly to be fascist. How can they when they claim to be legitimate dictators because they are communists and defenders of the people´s interests?
Thus they carry out subtle shifts over time, all of which involve the gradual introduction of capitalism and private ownership of property. They continue to direct things from a central tower, but they also allow some market mechanisms to emerge.
Let´s be clear, I´m not social scientist. I am interested in this process because I have been its victim, and as I try to fight back I observe the sons of bitches turn fascist and become friendly with the capitalist West, which is more interested in the money to be earned when dealing with these emerging fascist entities than their platitudes about human freedom and human rights.
The fact is that communism always fails, that most (not all) communists are sons of bitches who are willing to use violence, torture and whatever method comes handy to impose their shitty system on the general population, and that later these same sons of bitches, or their descendants, are willing to become fascists is not a surprise to me. I endured a lot of abuse, insults and threats from those sons of bitches when I was young, and I have observed their nazi like behavior as they turn fascists not to be extremely focused on how they behave.
They are my enemies, and thus I have to know them. And I do.
BELOW WE SEE THE FIRST PROTESTER SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD BY VENEZUELAN SECRET POLICE FEB 12, 2014.
SINCE THEN 25 have died while protesting, over 200 have been wounded, and about 2000 have been arrested.
The number of dead and disappeared are hard to tell, because Venezuela suffers from a very high murder rate. This means that in the 30 days since this young man was killed at La Candelaria, nearly 1500 venezuelans have been murdered, and thousands more wounded. In this mayhem, it´s hard to tell who is being murdered for political reasons and who is being hit in "normal circumstances". I bring this up because the Maduro regime is considered a Cuban puppet installing a hard line dictatorship. Thus these events are within the process of metamorphosis of the Cuban and Venezuelan regimes from communism into fascism.
Wow. I didn't even see that part. 'Social genocide'. That is stunning.
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