[GeronL]

Fascism and Socialism are brother and sister

[cripplecreek]

Just a subspecies of each other which easily interbreed.

Workers of all lands, unite - to smash the rule of English capitalism! You young upward-striving nations of the earth, combine to annihilate the old English dragon who blocks the treasures of the earth and withholds from you the riches of the world.

-Robert Ley, German Labor Front leader under Hitler. (Hitler's pet trumpka) He'd be right at home with the Occupy Wall street morons.

[freedumb2003]

>>Fascism and Socialism are brother and sister<<

The parent is Totalitarianism.

I am sick of the left saying when we note that obozo is both a fascist and a communist that traditional labels mean these are opposites.

They are the same and we have been laboring under them both for the last 5 years.

[JimSEA]

I always recall reading a speech of Herman Goering’s from the mid 30s. To paraphrase it, in fascism you must have nationalism AND socialism because one without the other will not meet the needs of the people.

[jmacusa]

More like cousins. Fascism gives the pretense of private ownership. Yes you can own your factory but we(the state) control the production process.Yes you can own your own home but we're going to tell you how to live in it. What you can set your thermostat at. What kind of light bulbs you will use and what kind of(low flush) toilet you will have and what kind of health insurance you must buy. (sound familiar?) Socialism, which to me is out and out communism makes no pretense of private ownership at all. Everything belongs ''to the people''(the state). What all three, if you will, have in common, besides being totalitarian systems, is no private ownership of your thoughts, your speech or writings. I hate all three of them and anyone who believes in them. My kid brother is an Obama supporter, big time. He and I haven't spoken to each other since my mothers funeral eight years ago. I could give a rip where he is or what he's doing quite honestly.

[alloysteel]

National Socialism and International Socialism are just two different denominations in the same “church”.

The fight between them is of the same order as that which once existed between the Protestants and the Roman Catholic Church. Both obeyed the same deity, but were torn apart on doctrinal differences. Of course, the schism between the two branches never, ever, was as bloody as the confrontation between Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler. But it went on for a lot longer.

Likewise with the Nazis (Fascists) and the Soviets. Vladimir Putin is just the person who has formed an amalgamation, and a “ecumenical” reconciliation of the factions.

That does not make the existential threat of socialism any less deadly.

[Ditto]

Fascism and Socialism are brother and sister

I prefer to think of them as Al Capone vs Bugs Moran -- both vicious criminals who will kill anyone, with no remorse, that happens to get in their way.

[depressed in 06]

Capitalism: two people come together to agree on a price.

Socialism: two people come together to agree the other one is going to do it.

Fascism: the state agrees the other person needs supervision.

Communism: the state agrees the other person works for it.

[central_va]

Fascist are heavily armed socialists.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Fascism and Socialism are brother and sister - GeronL

More like cousins. - jmacusa

National Socialism and International Socialism are just two different denominations in the same “church” - alloy steel

Al Capone vs Bugs Moran - Ditto

Reading The Road to Serfdom about how similar the two are, and how brutally they fought in WWII, I was struck with the comparison to a costume drama I saw at the movies, but cannot now recall enough about to be able to Google it up:

Two counselors to the sultan are in the palace talking, and two youths - both princes - are fighting. One of the counselors says to the other, “They fight as only half-brothers can."