> In what way was I playing "fast and loose" with the definition,
especially
> since I was discussing and defining the use I was making of it. The
> definition of fascism is exactly what is at stake. As Carroll
notes, it may
> be better to retire the word, but then we'd do well to retire words
like
> "imperialism" as well that date from the same period.
>
> However, China at this point is a country dominated by an
authoritarian
> dictatorship with one of the highest levels of internal inequality
in the
> world, a favored corporate business class dependent on the state,
and public
> policy engaged in eugenics.
>
> It would be more interesting to hear what characteristics the
Chinese state
> has that people feel distinguish it from what was classically
considered
> fascist states?
>
> Nathan Newman
> nathan at newman.org
> http://www.nathannewman.org
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Persistant, aggressive geographic expansion.
Ian