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Communism \Com"mu*nism\, n. [F. communisme, fr. commun common.] A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all. [1913 Webster]
Nazi ideology stressed the racial purity of the German people and persecuted those it perceived either as race enemies or Lebensunwertes Leben, that is "life unworthy of life". This included Jews, Slavs, Roma along with the German homosexuals, mentally disabled, communists, and others. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_German_Workers_Party ]
Fascism has been seen by some as a reactionary force against the rising power of liberalism that was ignited by the French Revolution, and was allied with and aided conservatives in regaining power [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism ]
um. they're about as far apart in ideology as you can get. extreme right vs extreme left. in practice, nothing is really what it claims to be when it comes to politics. but i gotta disagree on the grounds that this question contradicts itself!
Yes, I agree. Communism as practiced by the U.S.S.R. the P.R.C. and the D.R.N.C., are almost indistinguishable from totalitarianism. Certainly not as it was conceived by Marx.
Agree. I think back on all the things I was told, back in the 50s and 60s, were examples of how anti-freedom Communism in the SovUnion was. We are doing practically all of them here now. Fixing elections, closing borders, requiring searches to travel, national identification, I-9 work permits for everyone, that kind of stuff.
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Communism \Com"mu*nism\, n. [F. communisme, fr. commun common.] A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all. [1913 Webster]
Nazi ideology stressed the racial purity of the German people and persecuted those it perceived either as race enemies or Lebensunwertes Leben, that is "life unworthy of life". This included Jews, Slavs, Roma along with the German homosexuals, mentally disabled, communists, and others. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_German_Workers_Party ]
Fascism has been seen by some as a reactionary force against the rising power of liberalism that was ignited by the French Revolution, and was allied with and aided conservatives in regaining power [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism ]
um. they're about as far apart in ideology as you can get. extreme right vs extreme left. in practice, nothing is really what it claims to be when it comes to politics. but i gotta disagree on the grounds that this question contradicts itself!
Ideologically no, but in practice, in many many cases, it goes to show how political extremes become almost indistinguishable from each other.
Yes, I agree. Communism as practiced by the U.S.S.R. the P.R.C. and the D.R.N.C., are almost indistinguishable from totalitarianism. Certainly not as it was conceived by Marx.
Like "Animal Farm." :-)
Agree. I think back on all the things I was told, back in the 50s and 60s, were examples of how anti-freedom Communism in the SovUnion was. We are doing practically all of them here now. Fixing elections, closing borders, requiring searches to travel, national identification, I-9 work permits for everyone, that kind of stuff.
Umm... no... Communism would be the opposite of Nazism.
You should look closer to the ideology of these political trends before asking such questions
I have heard it said that if you go far enough to the left or far enough to the right, you end up in the same place.
I think there is some merit in that.