Fascism won WWII

[Anomalocaris]

It seems to me that a hullmark of fascism is the making of highly dubious claims that the society is in the midst dangerous historic slide towards some evil state, driven by some nefarious agents amongst us, that must be resisted.

[Violet]

When you say fascism won WWII, can you suggest some bench mark to show that prior to WWII, we were in fact less corporatist then we are not?

Corporations took a bit of a hit with the FDA. But no, we've never really had a benchmark for this. The rich have always ruled, and probably always will rule. They only suffer from the likes of Ghengis Khan and other such militarists who take their things from them by force, or otherwise threaten them into giving the powerful one a hefty amount of tribute every year or so.

Hence my recommendation of deadly force followed by seizure of assets ^_^

[ib.me.ub]

You forget that other countries have big bombs as well. Very big bombs.

[Violet]

You forget that other countries have big bombs as well. Very big bombs.

This is why you make it seem as if a different country is launching those 'bombs'. Do you not love watching as 2 of your greatest enemies weaken themselves on each other for you? ^_^

[ib.me.ub]

Why do you do that?

[Violet]

Why do you do that?

Say silly and utterly useless things? I think that I do that because of my breeding.

Or do you mean the military strategy of misleading your opponents into attacking each other? Because this has some elements of both.

[ib.me.ub]

hmmm, are you religious.

[reverendjeremiah]

When you say fascism won WWII, can you suggest some bench mark to show that prior to WWII, we were in fact less corporatist then we are not?

We dont need no stinking bench marks! Just kidding. Yes, we were corporatist before WWII. Our country started as a slave driven plutocracy and stayed that way until the civil war. After the civil war the theories of Karl Marx was becoming more and more popular and the plutocrats sought to find better means to secure their power, especially after people like teddy roosevelt gets elected to office (I honestly think the mast majority of presidents have been plutocrats, but once in a while a few come to power who honestly care for the people...they usually wind up getting a bullet for their concern). We especially became corporatist during ww one.

To me I always considered fascism and corporatism to be closely related. Fascism being the extremist form of corporatism.

[Violet]

hmmm, are you religious.

I despise the gods, if that's what you were wondering? 0.o I hope to kill them all at some point.

[reverendjeremiah]

It seems to me that a hullmark of fascism is the making of highly dubious claims that the society is in the midst dangerous historic slide towards some evil state, driven by some nefarious agents amongst us, that must be resisted.

That is merely situational politics that you posted. Sure, Fascists have used that to garner nationalism, but it isnt mandatorily a part of the definition of Fascism. Strong nationalism is a part of fascism's definition.. a common enemy bolsters nationalism...thus the lies and the conspiracy theories.

hmmm, are you religious.

I despise the gods, if that's what you were wondering? 0.o I hope to kill them all at some point.

Im with Sae on this one. It is less about wether gods exist or not and more about how we should approach their method of execution if they are ever discovered to have come out of their hidey-holes.