Marvin Gandall wrote:
>
> Chris wrote:
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> > 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.
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> 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. :)
Yes. And like so many gross errors in left history, the extrerme correction of the error has over the long run done more damage than the original stupidity. Our descendants will have to decide whether in China The Cultural Revolution or the Correction of it did the most long-run damage.
Carrol