American "Triumph of the Will"

[kelley]

At 09:42 AM 9/22/01 -0700, Jordan Hayes wrote:
> > I thought it was interesting he mentioned "fascism, Nazism,
> > and totalitarianism" but not Communism.
>
>I thought that was because Communism isn't (yet?) in "the unmarked
>grave of discarded lies" . . .
>
>/jordan

no, totalitarianism is a signifier for Communism. might not do much for the 
Chinese, of course, but it's the same thing to the US public. not to 
mention fascism performs the same function in the average USers mind. you 
know that from reading the cyberlibs who perpetually conflate fascism with 
communism. some even conflate nazism with communism

kelley