Reply With Quote
Thank you. While you describe that fascism comes after communism, it is actually the reverse. The problem is simply confusing which of the two are in play. All three major economic systems, capitalism, fascism, and communism, exist side by side in most nations. It's pretty damn rare when one is missing. The reason is that fascism and communism are both forms of socialism, which is theft of wealth. They both require capitalism and the wealth it creates to steal from.Originally Posted by Jan Sobieski
Germany, before WW2 and WW1, was an oligarchy much of its time. This is true of Italy as well. There were times in the past of both nations, of course, where they were outright dictatorships.
WW1 pitted Germany and her allies, including Italy, on one side, and the other nations against them, not always allied. No national borders moved at all in WW1. There were no winners or losers. It ended in an armistice. They simply gave up and went home.
In the disaster known as the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was blamed for the cost of the war. So was Italy, but not as much. All the other nations demanded that Germany pay for these costs. This put Germany and Italy on the road to WW2. In essence, WW1 caused WW2. The dire economic straits in Germany and Italy brought Mussolini and Hitler to power. People were desperate.
Hitler in particular had what looked like the answer to Germany's economy. Fascism. One of his first successes was to get Porsche to design and build a very cheap car (even using spare parts lying around at the time as needed). The idea was to build a car for the People (here you can see Hitler's end goal of communism), that the People could afford. The result was the People's Car. In German, Volkswagen. Unfortunately, Hitler was able to talk many people into expansionism, and talking about making Germany great again. She already had an unstoppable chemical industry, and her metalworking industries are legendary even to this day. This expansionism was coupled with racism and bigotry, resulting in genocide for anyone not 'pure Aryan'. Because of the brutal nature of the dictatorship of Hitler, this came at a terrible cost.
You can see it in the media of the time, including Wagner's Ring Cycle opera. You know, the one that ain't over until the fat lady sings (Brunhilde, who is the heroine of the entire opera, even putting the Gods in their place (spoiler alert)).
Now turn to the United States under Trump.
Trump was not counseling fascism. He wasn't trying to control any market. He was trying to wrest government away from controlling markets. He was trying to get the government to follow it's own constitution again. He was moving it in the right direction, and many people saw it, but he was not successful. Democrats hate his guts because Trump fought against both communism and fascism and he continues to be a threat. Democrats WANT fascism and communism. They caused the fall of the federal government to convert it into an oligarchy, to implement fascism and communism.
The people have heard and seen Trumps attempt. They also want a return to a republic as a form of government. They want capitalism. They want to freely conduct their business. The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker...all capitalism. It is truly what makes America great. It is Everyman. Trump recognized this. Democrats do not. Capitalism is under attack like never before from the Democrats, and Everyman with it. Democrats cannot tell the truth of their goal. Everyman would reject it. Their goal (and their length of their methods to achieve it) are becoming more obvious over time. Trump managed to show to a lot of people just exactly what the Democrats are and what their goals are. I don't think even Trump knew how far the Democrats would go to achieve their goals.
The States of America are now each deciding whether to remain independent, join the Oligarchy, or to try to reform a republic under a constitution of some kind, probably using the Constitution of the United States as a model.
Unfortunately, most people do not yet realize the federal government has fallen. We are seeing a defining moment of history in the making.
Bookmarks