[lbo-talk] why Paul is a fascist

[Carrol Cox]

Amiri Baraka, whom  I still admire, made the mistake of citing Hitler's rise
as an analogy to the 2008 election! And I continue to admire a number of
current leftists who are still using "fascist" without really knowing what
fascism was. The current Joseph referred to is a strong one. See G.M. Tamas,
"Telling the Truth about Class" for an excellent brief identification of
what Fascism was. Crudely (very crudely) fascism aimed to replace the modern
ideology of merit with the older ideology of _Place_. In practice of course
it served capitalism, but its ideology (and/or rhetoric) was in some ways
anti-capitalist: hence (probably /possibly) its appeal to some who should
have known better.

Carrol

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On 2011-12-23, at 11:58 AM, Carrol Cox wrote:


> "Fascist" becomes a mere excuse for sticking with the fucking DP.

Another sweeping pronunciamento.

The Black Panthers, whom you hold up as your exemplar, routinely (and
mistakenly) denounced the US as a "fascist" country.

So did I, as late as 1988. Many of us said many things in the '60s that we
wouldn't say now. We did the best we could with the history we had -- which
was sorely lacking.

Carrol

Carrol

Were they also just shilling for the DP?

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