> I think its kind of interesting that fascists see liberalism and communism
> as basically the same thing, communists see liberalism and fascism as
> basically the aame thing, and liberals see fascism and communism as
> basically the same thing.
===========================
Robert Wood is correct in seeing this identification (liberalism/social
democracy=fascism) as a Stalinist third period aberration in the history of
Marxism. Though these days, in the age of Bush, the way some on the left
loosely see "fascism" as having already arrived in America, you may be on to
something. :)