Comments by "" (@freesk8) on "Vejas Liulevicius - How Communism, Fascism, and Nazism Differ" video.

  1. Both left wing socialism, like that practiced in Cuba, the USSR, Venezuela and China under Mao and fascism, as practiced by Hitler and Mussolini are forms of socialism. Under socialism, the means of production is controlled by the government. Under left wing socialism, the business enterprises are run directly by government functionaries. Under fascism, the ownership of the factories is left nominally in the hands of the private business owners, but the owners are forced, under threat of violence, to produce what the fascist leaders require. But they amount to the same socialist thing: government control of the means of production. Left wing socialism is publicly atheist, and fascism is publicly racist. Both are expansionist. As a first rough cut, Fascism = socialism + racism.
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  2. I'm pretty happy with my Libertarianism! :)
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  3. Communism is technically an anarchy. A hippy commune or a family are communist. The government is supposed to whither away. It is supposed to be voluntary. The USSR was supposed to evolve into communism, but it never did, and never would have. It was the Union of Soviet SOCIALIST Republics. Communism does not last long in a group of over about 40 citizens. It doesn't scale. But socialism is evil. It denies self ownership. It's basic assumption is that the individual is owned by the collective, as represented by the government. It has resulted in death, poverty and misery everywhere it has been tried. True communism is no real threat. Let the hippies live on their farms. Doesn't hurt anyone.
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  4.  @alwaysfourfun1671  Reduced taxation on both the poor and the rich are moving in the direction of free market capitalism. The flow of money and power to the elite is enhanced by socialism. The more socialism the LESS is the movement from decade to decade of the poor in to the rich class, and also the more socialism the fewer elites move down to the poor end. Greater government power allows the elite to maintain their positions. Greater free market allows more poor people to become rich, and more rich people to go bankrupt if they allow their businesses to fail.
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