RE: France objects to "Waterloo" coin?
June 11, 2015 at 11:43 am
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2015 at 11:47 am by Brian37.)
(June 11, 2015 at 11:15 am)Dystopia Wrote: Fascism only applies to a certain doctrine some dictators follow - A dictator may not be fascist - He may be a theocrat, authoritarian, oligarch, communist/stalinist, pretty much everything compatible with a minimum of monopolised power. I think you should really inform and educate yourself on this since it's very clear you don't know anything about political systems and most of your opinions are about what you want to be true regardless of what it factually is. You complain about monopolies, yet you support the system that allows the most oppressive economic monopolies (either you buy from us or you starve, no pick!). See the contradiction?
Funny - Hitchens's lasts words were "capitalism, downfall" and he considered himself a marxist in some instances (mostly trotskist) - A system that, depending on your approach, can be compatible with some kind of dictatorship
Oh and some dictators do need consent to rule - That's why they are elected in the first place
Out of context. I wish people would would stop painting Hitchens into things he was not. He was not poor, he made his living and got quite wealthy using the private sector to sell his books. I don't think he meant ""capitalism downfall" as advocating getting rid of the private sector. But more in the lines of billionaire Nick Hanaure warning rich people that if you kill that feedback loop by creating slave wages the people will always rebel.
Only an idiot would think Hitchins was anti private sector. He was certainly against abuse of power and like all power you need income to create that power. But he was not anti private sector. Only a idiot would think that. He was quoted many times over the years when asked what his favorite whiskey was "Johny Walker Black". Humn funny that, a private company product.