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- From: mascdb@gdr.bath.ac.uk (C D Burdorf)
- Newsgroups: alt.california
- Subject: Re: relocation
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.104444.18781@gdr.bath.ac.uk>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 10:44:44 GMT
- References: <162@steiny.com> <1992Nov16.144700.4316@gdr.bath.ac.uk> <1e8fscINNgmo@gap.caltech.edu>
- Organization: School of Mathematics, University of Bath, UK
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- In the referenced article, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- >>Well, pusuing policies that have dumped thousands of people
- >>out of work (as Bush has done) isn't exactly humanitarian, is it?
- >
- >The problem here appears to be that Burdorf uses "fascist" as a general-purpose
- >pejorative. He is, indeed, apparently ignorant, of the actual definition of
- >the word, if nothing else:
- > Fascism: a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts
- > nation and often race aboce the individual and that stands
- > for a centralized autocratic government headed by a
- > dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation,
- > and forcible suppression of opposition.
- >Now, I don't recall seeing any attempts as severe economic regimentation under
- >Bush, and the social regimentation he favored struck me as being far short of
- >that of a fascist government.
-
- That's debatable. The LA riots happened, because a segment of the population
- see the system as being rascist and unfair. There is severe economic
- regimentation when you look at the number of young black males that
- are unemployed compared to the number of young white males. Also, with
- the steady increase of university fees, less and less people from
- working class and lower middle class backgrounds can go to university -- more
- social regimentation.
-
- The rich have gotten richer and from the middle class down people
- have gotten poorer. Economics is used to supress people.
-
- The support of the contras was an autocratic move as was arms for
- hostages. Congress was subverted and the system of checks and balances
- was thwarted. If that isn't dictatorial what is?
-
- Likewise, people on the right are always calling people that are
- even slightly left of center communists, so I think that it's
- perfectly reasonable to return the favor and call people that are
- right of center fascists. I particularly remember Jesse Helms
- calling Walter Mondale a communist during the 1984 presidential
- campaign. Likewise, Jane Fonda has often been called a communist
- even though she is a part of the "privilaged" class.
-