Greg writes:
> Anarchism believes in rugged individualism, not collectivism.
While I agree with that, I'm perplexed by the following:
> The Anarchist brand of socialism is often called 'fascism'
Hmmm... from "What is Fascism?" [1]
Fascism is a form of extreme right-wing ideology that
celebrates the nation or the race as an organic community
transcending all other loyalties. It emphasizes a myth of
national or racial rebirth after a period of decline or
destruction. To this end, fascism calls for a "spiritual
revolution" against signs of moral decay such as individualism
and materialism, and seeks to purge "alien" forces and groups
that threaten the organic community.
That sounds directly contradictory to any reasonably intuitive definion
of "anarchy" to me... Fascism is anti-individual and highly
collectivist (nationalist) in nature; anarchy quite the opposite.
Certainly fascism is polar to, and a historical consequence of,
socialism; but I'm not seeing the connect to anarchy at all.
$0.02,
jb
[1] http://www.publiceye.org/pra/eyes/whatfasc.html
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Greg writes:
> Anarchism believes in rugged individualism, not collectivism.
While I agree with that, I'm perplexed by the following:
> The Anarchist brand of socialism is often called 'fascism'
Hmmm... from "What is Fascism?" [1]
Fascism is a form of extreme right-wing ideology that celebrates the nation or the race as an organic community transcending all other loyalties. It emphasizes a myth of national or racial rebirth after a period of decline or destruction. To this end, fascism calls for a "spiritual revolution" against signs of moral decay such as individualism and materialism, and seeks to purge "alien" forces and groups that threaten the organic community.That sounds directly contradictory to any reasonably intuitive definion of "anarchy" to me... Fascism is anti-individual and highly collectivist (nationalist) in nature; anarchy quite the opposite. Certainly fascism is polar to, and a historical consequence of, socialism; but I'm not seeing the connect to anarchy at all.
$0.02,
jb
[1] http://www.publiceye.org/pra/eyes/whatfasc.html
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