[ketsu]

Liberals (modern sense) tend to be socialists. The original Italian and German fascists *were* socialists by every meaningful measure. So liberals and fascists have a lot in common.

Your problem is that you don’t even recognize that the Nazis were socialists, despite the fact that they called themselves socialists and were democratically elected on a socialist platform. So you are in denial of basic reality. Discussions with people like you are very unlikely to be fruitful.

Goldberg’s main thesis is that fascism is a Leftist ideology, and he documents that thesis abundantly and overwhelmingly. The reason fascism is considered “right wing” is because good ol’ Uncle Joe Stalin started that myth to help discredit the fascists. We don’t need to be burdened any longer with Stalinist myths.

Uuuum... no. You still don't know what socialism is either. You're stuck on the newspeak definitions which tend to mean "anything I don't like". I'm willing to bet your definition of socialism will be as laughably bad as your definition of fascism.

The Nazi's *were not* socialists. If you had the faintest idea what fascism and socialism actually stand for as ideologies you would know that. But you've long since established that you're militantly ignorant and unwilling/incapable of actually using and understanding words with any degree of precision.

Goldberg's thesis is equally laughable.

[RussP]

“Goldberg’s thesis is equally laughable.”

The Nazi National Socialists were not really socialists, eh? Naw, they were right-wing supply-siders who cut the capital gains tax to grow the economy. Yeah, right.

You’re pedantic ignorance is beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed here on FR. You must be a prof at U. of Colorado or something.

[Chickensoup]

Uuuum... no. You still don’t know what socialism is either. You’re stuck on the newspeak definitions which tend to mean “anything I don’t like”. I’m willing to bet your definition of socialism will be as laughably bad as your definition of fascism.

The Nazi’s *were not* socialists. If you had the faintest idea what fascism and socialism actually stand for as ideologies you would know that. But you’ve long since established that you’re militantly ignorant and unwilling/incapable of actually using and understanding words with any degree of precision.

You may be right, but perhaps you are using words that were defined by people who had a stake in defining it the way you promote as being “correct”.