Shane Mage:
> In reality, Fascism was not at all anti-Semitic (Mussolini had a
> Jewish mistress and many upper-class Jews were pro-Fascist)
> until the need for alliance with Nazi Germany forced the Fascists into
> an ideological gleichshaltung with the Nazis.
right, but a lot of people don't know that.
By today's standards, Mussolini was pretty good. He'd be a US ally and his "nascent democracy" would likely be the toast of the White House.
> ># a philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a
> >dictatorship of the extreme right, together with an ideology of
> belligerent nationalism...
>
> This definition seems totally applicable to the Bushits.
traditional fascism wasn't dressed up in laissez-faire slogans and the like.
-- Jim Devine "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.