(November 12, 2015 at 9:16 am)robvalue Wrote: Is "dictatorship" accurate? It seems so to me, whether or not it's also fascist.
I genuinely am not sure of the practical difference between communism (as it appears in the world, not the idealised version) and a dictatorship. I'd be very interested if anyone can help me out there. I'm sure I'm missing at least one important point.
The practical difference is that under fascism free economic enterprise is still allowed and government and corporate interests become one and the same. Where as under communism the state directly usurps control of large corporate interests, like the soviet collectivization of farming in the 30's.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
