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+Couple of extremist notes on fascism
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+:date: 2013-11-21T22:58:11
+:category: faith
+:tags: politics, DanCarlin
+
+
+(On `Dan Carlin’s`_ discussion board somebody asked about fascism. After
+he got reference to some basic texts and Wikipedia, I felt compelled to
+write down couple of thoughts which have been busy in my mind for the
+last couple of months.) 
+
+.. _`Dan Carlin’s`:
+    http://www.dancarlin.com/phpbb3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=38857&p=525157
+
+In the mainstream history (and literature) fascism (and Nazism) is
+considered to be a right-wing movement. However, there is not
+insignificant number of libertarian (non-extremist) thinkers who
+consider both of these to be leftist extremist movements. After all,
+NSDAP stood for “National Socialist Workers Party of Deutschland” and
+Mussolini is on record that his socialism will end with the last breath
+of his life (although his socialism was certainly mixed with
+ultra-nationalism and was anti-Marxist).  
+
+Another variant of this thinking is linking Franklin Delano Roosvelt's
+New Deal as (perhaps a little less virulent) `form of fascism`_ (NOT of
+Nazism or Stalinism, which both have its own terrible additions to
+Mussolini's philosophy, also see this `definition in a dictionary`_).
+See for example these two_ blogposts_ (just first two pages of the web
+search for “franklin delano roosevelt diary fascism”). Also see the
+Wikipedia page on `Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt`_.
+
+.. _`form of fascism`:
+    http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2013/11/john_ralston_sa.html
+.. _`definition in a dictionary`:
+    http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Fascism.html
+.. _two:
+    http://libertycorner.blogspot.cz/2007/09/fdr-and-fascism.html 
+.. _blogposts:
+    http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.cz/2013/09/franklin-delano-roosevelt-on-fascism.html
+.. _`Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt`:
+    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Franklin_D._Roosevelt
+
+Of course, the problem is that history is written by the winners, and of
+course these winners tried to put themselves as far as possible from the
+defeated. However, if we broaden the definition of fascism to the
+extreme, than the idea that “interest of nation/class/community is
+always superior to the interest of individual” (shared by all three
+dictatorships and unfortunately also FDR) is something which is
+unpleasantly dominant in all our current political thinking of almost
+all ideological variants. Just a food of thought.
+
+I have to emphasize that I cannot say that I would stand firmly behind
+such opinions. It seems a bit too extreme. However, I have for long time
+suspected that FDR is less than the saint most of friends from Boston
+believed (I am especially unhappy with his government being very clear
+moment when the United States left traditions of federalism, strict
+constitutionalism, constitutional amendments). Certainly, it is a good
+food for thoughts.