Posted on 06/11/2012 1:43:27 PM PDT by jazusamo
As usual Thomas Sowell nails it - fascism is exactly right to describe Obama’s current political philosophy. However, I think that he doesn’t prove up that this is an interim step - Obama’s political philosophy to get elected is fascist, but in his heart he’s a Marxist.
His analysis of Obama’s tactics is spot-on!
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I never saw fascism as a construct of the right despite attempts by historians to foist it on us. It’s just another finger on the left hand of totalitarianism (along with Socialism, Naziism and all the various incarnations of Communism). Right is freedom FROM totalitarianism and statist government.
I have been reading Mr. Sowell for years and this article is one of his best. Not only does he have a God-given gift to understand issues, he also has a talent to verbalize his thoughts w/clarity.
One of Sowell’s best efforts!
He has Obama nailed shut.
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I’m glad to see Tom finally caught up with me on this topic!
/grin
Bump.
Brilliant (as usual). Why isn’t he running for president?
I'd salute this tribute to our Facist in Chief
Excellent, not a word to add!
Obama is a fascist, just for the reasons noted. That said, I describe him as a socialist, not as a fascist, because so few people understand what a fascist actually is.
Of course, the government owned GM and Chrysler certainly are examples of national socialism.
There is a great article on Ludwig Von Mises concerning National Socialism, I’ve posting it here for a long time, way before the book Sowell mentions.
Absolutely on-target. Sowell is just amazing in his ability to nail these things. I’ve totally given up on so many so-called “conservative” columnists and commentators these past three years, having lost all faith and trust in them, but thankfully, Sowell has remained as rock-solid as ever!
“so few people understand what a fascist actually is.”
It always bothers me when todays leftists (who are facist) call conservatives like Reagan and Goldwater fascists. If a person is not a socialist and believes in free market capitalism that person cannot be fascist. What I hate most about the elitists of the left is how arrogant and ignorant they are.
Agreed, they crossed my mind also.
To be fair, this is also the assumption of the Right. By which I mean the European Right, which has almost nothing in common with the American Right.
The European Right was authoritarian, but with the authority in question being the State, King and/or Church. It looked back to pre-French Revolution days as their ideal.
The American Right is dedicated to conserving the values of the American Revolution, the only truly revolutionary such event in history.
The European Right and Left, as well as the American Left, all believe some small group must dominate society and force everybody else to comply with their demands. The only difference is who that small group is.
Only the American Right believes the People should be left alone to live their lives as they see fit, to the extent possible.
If you use the One Ring in the Lord of the Rings as a symbol of domination of society, the only difference between the European Right and Left, and the American Left, is who should wear the Ring. Only the American Right wants to destroy the Ring.
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