[lbo-talk] My Ayn Randian, libertarian loving relatives aargh !

[c b]

James Heartfield
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There are both traditionalist and revolutionary elements in Fascism.
It was a revolution against democracy, and it appealed to traditional
themes.

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CB: I like to suggest preserving some concept of progress in the term
"revolution" ( Pace: Carrol). So, fascism is radically reactionary ,
not revolutionary, in its anti-democratic aspect.

On "Fascism",  the fasces are, of course, the bundle of rods on the
Roman emblem with the phrase "Senatus Populusque Romanus", SPQR.  So,
the tradition Mussolini was appealing to is clear.