{"id":31029,"date":"2024-10-26T14:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=31029"},"modified":"2024-10-26T16:11:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T20:11:09","slug":"guest-contributor-tomd-26oct2024-fascism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/26\/guest-contributor-tomd-26oct2024-fascism\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Contributor &#8211; TomD &#8211; 26OCT2024 &#8211; Fascism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dims have been calling Republicans fascists and Hitler for most of my life. The really ironic part is they couldn\u2019t define fascism if their little lives depended on it.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve still got some of my Dad\u2019s West Point Textbooks, mostly dating from the late 30\u2019s to early 40\u2019s. One, \u201cThe Governments of the Major Foreign Powers\u201d, p 1941 looks to be what we would now call Political Science, a misnomer if there ever was one. The book spends about 50 pages per country with great detail. It should be required reading at Harvard, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Few people know that Fascism is an offshoot or variation of socialism. It was originated by Benito Mussolini, who, up to that time was a functionary in the Italian Socialist Party. At the time of his takeover of Italy, he was widely applauded and acclaimed by the US left. He did, after all, make the trains run on time.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggest differences between socialism and fascism is that socialism wanted state ownership of industry whereas fascism was fine with private ownership but required state control. Does that remind you of anything?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It seems that it is common today to bandy about the\u00a0 accusation of\u00a0 &#8220;Fascist&#8221; without a clue as to what Facism is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Attached are 3 pages from a 1941 West Point textbook titled, &#8220;The Governments of the Major Foreign Powers&#8221;. These 3 pages are excerpts from approx 40 pages on the Government of Italy. It should be noted that, since this book was published in 1941, the US had yet to have entered the war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31033\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1271\" height=\"1864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1.jpg 1271w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1-698x1024.jpg 698w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1-768x1126.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_1-1047x1536.jpg 1047w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1271px) 100vw, 1271px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31034\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1168\" height=\"1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2.jpg 1168w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2-669x1024.jpg 669w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2-768x1175.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_2-1004x1536.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1168px) 100vw, 1168px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31035\" src=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1214\" height=\"1843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3.jpg 1214w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3-675x1024.jpg 675w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3-768x1166.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Facist-Doctrine_Page_3-1012x1536.jpg 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1214px) 100vw, 1214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, after rereading the short chapter on Fascist Doctrine, I can see the origin of quite a bit of the DNA from today&#8217;s left.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the book also covers Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dims have been calling Republicans fascists and Hitler for most of my life. The really ironic part is they couldn\u2019t define fascism if their little<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1489,1730],"tags":[1241,1596,971,1731],"class_list":["post-31029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-events","category-guest-contributors","category-guest-contributor-tomd","tag-fascism","tag-guest-contributors","tag-politics","tag-tomd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Guest Contributor - TomD - 26OCT2024 - Fascism - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/26\/guest-contributor-tomd-26oct2024-fascism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Guest Contributor - TomD - 26OCT2024 - Fascism - Orion&#039;s Cold Fire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dims have been calling Republicans fascists and Hitler for most of my life. 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