Communist - Fascist - Socialist

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[aMorePerfectUnion]

Blog/Basic Concepts Posted Apr 4, 2016 by Martin Armstrong

Communism-Socialism

I have been asked to explain the differences between socialism, fascism, and communism for some people seem to mix them all up.

A “socialist” is akin to a fascist for their governments seeks to dictate control. They do not pretend to own private property.

Communists seize all private property and place it in the hands of the state. There is no freedom whatsoever.

Fascists view the world as a military state and see a liberal democracy as totally obsolete. In this context, they see the goal as the total mobilization of society, and as such, the state becomes a dictator.

This is closer to socialists who view private property as subject to the permission of the state and as a national resource to redistribute to those who do not earn what they receive.

Under socialism, the state assumes the capability to manage the economy, but if they do not understand how it functions, they are incapable of managing the outcome.

So socialists and fascists have a lot in common whereas communism just robs everyone and deprives the individual of the freedom to even choose their own career path.

[NFHale]

A socialist is a communist who hasn’t found his AK47 yet.

[ETL]

"Communists seize all private property and place it in the hands of the state. There is no freedom whatsoever."

These are for real...

Links to the CPUSA website are included.

"This president can be a transformative leader (he has that potential in my view), but only if he embraces and fights for a transformative agenda."--Sam Webb, Chairman Communist Party USA

Obama State of the Union: He got the ball rolling:
http://cpusa.org/obama-state-of-the-union-he-got-the-ball-rolling
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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek"-- BARACK OBAMA
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"Barack Obama told supporters that
'change has come to America' as he
claimed victory in a historic presidential election."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html
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A Landslide Mandate For Change

A breakthrough election
Congratulations on an extraordinary history making election!

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The tears of joy we all shared as crowds gathered to watch the election results here and throughout the world dramatize the new moment we are in.

http://cpusa.org/a-landslide-mandate-for-change-report-to-the-national-committee-meeting-11-15-08/
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July 1, 2009...

Change is Here, Change is Coming
--Sam Webb, National Chair, Communist Party, USA

http://cpusa.org/change-is-here-change-is-coming/
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Jan 29, 2010:

Obama State of the Union: He got the ball rolling:
http://cpusa.org/obama-state-of-the-union-he-got-the-ball-rolling

[uglybiker]

Communist-fascist-socialist

Whoever thought a wooden nickel could have three sides.

And still be worth half as much.

[Carriage Hill]

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You are forced by the State to give one to your neighbor.

COMMUNISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and gives you some milk.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM
You had two cows.
The State promises more free cows, lets you vote and gives you sour milk.

FASCISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and sells you some milk.

NAZISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both and shoots your wife and kids.

BUREAUCRATISM
You have 2 cows.
The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other,
and then throws the milk away.

TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell one and buy a bull.
Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows.
You sell them and retire on the income.

CONTEMPORARY WALL STREETISM
You have two cows.You sell one, bundle the
other with a goat, a mule, and two dry cows.
You pile into the derivatives market, buy a Gulfstream
and when it all comes down around your ears...
You go to the government for a bailout.

[ETL]

All 3 are about strong government control over individuals. So any of them are far more closely aligned with Liberalism than Conservatism.

[DesertRhino]

More basic. Some people want to be left alone. And others won’t stop screwing with those who want to be left alone. The second group includes Commies, socialists, Nazis, fascists, Government officials in every nation south of Brownsville, Democrats, republicans, popes, and every royal on the face of the earth.

It’s us -vs- all of that list.
Everything else is BS.

[Byron_the_Aussie]

[fruser1]

Economic definition:

Capitalism: Production and distribution run by private sector.
Socialism: Production, private. Distribution by government.
Communism: Production and distribution run by government.

Fascism: Use of force to impose political will.

[DesertRhino]

Fascism is more than just political. It is basically socialism with the veneer of capitalism.

“Under fascism, the state, through official cartels, controlled all aspects of manufacturing, commerce, finance, and agriculture. Planning boards set product lines, production levels, prices, wages, working conditions, and the size of firms. Licensing was ubiquitous; no economic activity could be undertaken without government permission. Levels of consumption were dictated by the state, and “excess” incomes had to be surrendered as taxes or “loans.””

Rather familiar to an American today.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

[trisham]

LOL! Funny, but in a far too tragic way. :)

[The Great RJ]

Socialism: You have two cows and the government takes one and gives it to someone who doesn't have any cows

Communism: You have two cows and the government takes both, but gives you some of the milk

Capitalism: You have two cows and you sell one to buy a bull.

Nazism: You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

Hillary Clinton socialism: You have two cows. The EPA fines you because your cow's flatulance is causing climate change. The income you make from milk sales is taxed at 60% because milk causes obesity. The federal bureau of cow management sends you 500 pages of regulations and threatens to confiscate your cows if you do not comply with all of them. The BLM arrives at your farm and evicts you because the land is now federal property and your cows are also confiscated and shot.

[UnwashedPeasant]

Communist - Fascist - Socialist - Crony Capitalist

Crony Capitalist belongs on this list. It is Fascism disguised as Free Market.

[bakeneko]

I have never gotten anything but blank stares, in-one-ear out-the-other, way over my head, no comprende when I tell liberal acquaintances:

“You realize that the word ‘Nazi’ comes from ‘National Socialism’, don’t you?”.

[UnwashedPeasant]

That’s great!

How about:

Crony Capitalism: You have 2 cows. The government gives one to a campaign donor and double taxes you on the other.

[libertylover]

Capitalism:...Socialism:...

Communism: Production and distribution run by government.

Fascism: Use of force to impose political will.

Seems to me that communism as well as fascism uses force to impose political will.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Hillary Clinton socialism: You have two cows. The EPA fines you because your cow's flatulance is causing climate change. The income you make from milk sales is taxed at 60% because milk causes obesity. The federal bureau of cow management sends you 500 pages of regulations and threatens to confiscate your cows if you do not comply with all of them. The BLM arrives at your farm and evicts you because the land is now federal property and your cows are also confiscated and shot.

+1

[Caipirabob]

They are all totalitarian ideologies, one and the same. They serve the anti Christ by depriving man of free will to serve God. They are inherently evil as are their enablers and must be resisted until resistance is either not possible or preferably no longer necessary. May all totalitarians burn in the fires of hell.

[donna]

Feminism

You have two cows. They announce their domestic partnership and adopt a veal calf.