jazzman Wrote:
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> How do you equate "socialism" with "fascism?"
> Aren't the two terms mutually exclusive?
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> And by the way, is there something inherently
> wrong with socialism - "applied" or otherwise?
socialism = a beautiful theory
socialism in practice = a super rich, super powerful tiny minority controlling both business and government that requires transfer payments from the moderately successful to them and to the other drones. the tiny elite control access to money/credit, government contracts and licenses, law making ability, iron-fisted control over all media (pre net), war powers.......much more ugliness...
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