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To: boston_liberty
"Both 'socialism' and 'fascism' involve the issue of property rights. The right to property is the right of use and disposal. Observe the difference in those two theories; socialism negates private property rights altogether, and advocates 'the vesting of ownership and control' in the community as a whole, i.e., in the state; fascism leaves ownership in the hands of private individuals, but transfers control of the property to the government.

"Ownership without control is a contradiction in terms: it means 'property,' without the right to use it or to dispose of it. It means that the citizens retain the responsibility of holding property, without any of its advantages, while the government acquires all the advantages without any of the responsibility."

From: "The New Fascism: Rule by Consensus," from Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal,
by Ayn Rand, c.1966

This from VinnyTex above. I just couldn't have said it better than Ayn, so I didn't try.

Anyone exercising centralized power to dictate to the people of a country by definition is from the left. People on the right want a relatively weak central gummint, those on the left a strong one. So, in answer to your question, no, there have never been any rightists who were dictators.

49 posted on 12/10/2001 11:58:18 AM PST by Pharmboy
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