Posted on 01/25/2021 3:26:02 PM PST by nickcarraway
The Iraning government is fascist.
The governing leftists in the US are fascist.
Whether they are left-wing or right wing is irrelevant.
They are all socialists battling to see which version will lead to communism the fastest. The author is a European socialist with an axe to grind. (”Yet they are chained to the diktats of a fascist, clerical regime”). Its a must to identify any opposition as fascist. This is where some people see Iran’s government as fascist, but they are not really; they are an extreme Islamic theocracy (a branch of the Shia 12ers): the koran and the other 5 ‘holy’ Islamic books are their guides. Any resemblance to fascism is purely in someone’s head.
Franco was a socialist whose brand did not appeal to Hitler. The Russians liked the rebels and supplied them with aid and arms as I recall.
Fascism is an Italian invention and it died with Mussolini. Hitler’s version was all mixed up with Germanic pseudo-history and was closer to Islam than ‘traditional’ socialism, which is why so many Islamic countries flocked to his banned and Mein Kampf remains a best seller in the ME.
All you need to know about Socialism, in all its varieties, is summed up by V.I. Lenin: The goal of Socialism is Communism.
Half the Freepers here likely got their history from the History Channel or historical novels.
What prey tell is a boomwercon?
The first thing that the Ayatolla did was to get the national police go door to door and collect the firearms to prevent the people from overthrowing him.
Sloajoe the Pedo is about to throw them a lifeline...
Boomercon is a pejorative term aimed at conservative baby boomers who still believe all the simplistic pablum fed to them by neocons in the Reagan administration. Basically all liberals and socialists are really communists, limited govt is a realizable goal, cutting taxes will solve most problems, everyone deep down wants free market democracy, everything was great until the 60’s, etc.
I didn’t say we wanted to have anything to do with nation building.
Funny, they didn't run this story before the U.S. election. I guess they just forgot, or maybe they're just too stupid to know that Biden will PAY THEM to help with their nuclear program.
What Iran needs is five people who don’t know squat.
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“The essayist claims that Iran’s govt is fascist. But they are rightwing and the boomercons on FR have assured me that fascism is leftwing.”
Yes, you ARE confused. First, forget about the left and right stuff. It can lead you down the rabbit hole.
Second, determine if Iran’s system is about powerful control by a centralized power, as evidenced by schools of thought such as Marxism, or if they prefer a system of government that recognizes pre-existing rights that are not to be infringed on by government.
That will give you your answer. BTW, Fascism, as practiced by WWII Italy & Germany and current day China is Marxism that permits some private ownership of business so long as it benefits the State.
(Sorry but I forgot to put that in my initial comment)
How very odd that their youth wants freedom and many of our youth want a communist dictatorship.
My bad...too!
Thought you were serious.
A new world order propagandist preparing us for the next needed war.
Trump brought them to the brink and then Biden rides in to save them
The Ayatollahs are economically left wing and big government
Iran’s problems date to the 1958 CIA assassination of their prime minister Mossadegh
Are you saying that:
“Basically all liberals and socialists are really communists, limited govt is a realizable goal, cutting taxes will solve most problems, everyone deep down wants free market democracy, everything was great until the 60’s, etc.”
is all simplistic neocon pablum?
confusing
Biden will put a halt to this and prop them back up.
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