Bonapartism, Fascism & our new order & War From: Micheal Ellis <onyxmirr at earthlink.net> Subject: Re:
> So , of course we must resort to terms like "fascist-like" , "Nazi-like". But for rhetorica!
l impact we just say The New Nazism.
why is everyone avoiding the term "quasi-fascist"?
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CB: I have no problem with "quasi-fascist" from an analytical standpoint. It is just that it doesn't have the rhetorical impact of "The New Nazism". I don't think "quasi-fascist" has the shock value of " The New Nazism". We have to wake the American people up. They are going along with things like zombies.
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i am also having problems with the term "right-wing populism" being thrown about so candidly. if one examines any account of "right-wing populism" it's all generated through smoke and mirrors, rhetorical opportunism...if you read much of the National Socialist propaganda prior the take over their rhetoric is directly co-opted from socialist critiques except "jews" is substituted for "bourgeoise", equating the evils of the bourgeoise with jews etc. technically i suppose it qualifies as "claiming to represent the common people" but that could mean anything, as everyone claims that...except mussolini and the framers* of the U.S. Constitution. if this is all well understood and an asterik is unneccesary then i apologize for bringing it up.
*except for Benjamin Franlin who objected but signed it anyway and Luther Martin who refused to sign it.
~M.E.