Autism, exploitation and Capitalism

[kandrathe]

It isn't a false narrative though. He already admitted in the presidential thread that he uses Breitbart, a blatantly white nationalist and fascist news source as his source of information.

So what? I've looked at Pravda, Al Jazeera, WaPo, NYT, Atlantic, New Republic, Slate, etc. etc. etc. It means I can read. If I take the time the research the author of an article, to ensure that they are the caliber and demeanor of person I would cite, then I'm being thorough and careful.

Now, unless he is watching it purely for entertainment or comedy, which I doubt given the language he used when he admitted it and given his past political discourse on here, labeling him a fascist or white supremacist is fair game. If one doesn't want to be labeled a fascist or white nationalist, then they shouldn't adhere to or be sympathetic towards said ideologies. You reap what you sow.

Calling people names is not how you discuss things in polite society. Basing it loosely on an article he may have read, posted on BB, and which he may have agreed is not the basis for justifying bad behavior. He isn't sowing, and you ain't no grim reaper. Let's just give and get a little respect due to each other. It will be more pleasant. I promise.

Stalin was not a communist, but in fact, a state capitalist dictator. His goal was not to achieve communism, but to make Russia a superpower competitive with the US on a global scale militarily and economically. Yes the CPSU was a communist party, though only in name which doesn't really mean anything. The Nazi's were called the "the National Socialist Party", but we all know their party had nothing to do with socialism in any way. The party was named such to appeal to workers even though the Nazis were vehemently anti-communist. I can sit here and call myself a 3-headed purple alien from outerspace, but that doesn't make it so....you get the idea.

He was a leading figure in the Bolshevik Party, which became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. We've had the discussion of whether the CPSU is communist, which I think is, and you disagree.

However, while calling him a fascist is tempting, he wasn't a fascist either. Fascism involves an element of corporatism that suppresses labor, often a symbiotic relationship between the state and religion (some exceptions exist though), and almost always elements of systematic racism and sexism, and xenophobia tied into a raging and fervant nationalism. Stalin's regime lacked these characteristics in general, with the exception of strong nationalism (though Soviet nationalism was organized along different lines than nationalism elsewhere). Pinochet though, was a great example of a fascist, along with Mussolini and Hitler ofc. Current Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte could probably also arguably be called a fascist.

I agree he is not a total fascist, just some of his tactics of totalitarian state oppression and ruling by fear are reminiscent. Yes on Duterte.