Defining Fascism

Joe R. Golowka joeG at ieee.org
Fri Jun 29 09:38:42 PDT 2001



> Stalinism was a form of rigid
> hierarchical statism, but would you call it fascist?

Yes.


> Remember the debate
> as to whether capitalism had been restored in the Soviet Union? If it
> had, would Stalinism have become a form of fascism?

Yes. The USSR was State Capitalist.


> Isn't more useful to
> say that communism and capitalism can have totalitarian forms?

"communism" in the sense of a Marxist-Leninist regime is a form of capitalism, not genuine communism.

Joe R. Golowka JoeG at ieee.org Anarchist FAQ - http://www.anarchistfaq.org

"Necessity is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves." -William Pitt Jr.



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