Comments by "Historia, Magistra Vitae" (@Historia.Magistra.Vitae.) on "Richard J Murphy" channel.

  1.  @Incognito-jf1dr  "This attempt to link genuinely Socialism to the to Nazism is just a rewriting of history." Wrong. It is a historical fact. You cannot be an advocate for centralized planning and strong government controls without being a socialist. That's what made Hitler a socialist. He may have been to the right from the Bolsheviks, but he was still a socialist leftist as he believed in strong central government control. Hitler outright declared himself a socialist in Mein Kampf, just not the Marxist international or full Soviet type. He struggled with HOW to distinguish his socialism from the rest of the Marxist crowd.
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  2.  @briskyoungploughboy  : Wrong. It's a historical fact.
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  3.  @timwoodger7896  "The best of communism And the best liberalism. " These two are mutually exclusive.
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  4.  @WarrenPeaceOG  : That is not how Fascism works. Those are 10 generic points of every totalitarian and dictatorial regime. None of them are unique to Fascism.
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  5.  @Redf322  : Plenty of them were killed by their own comrades during the October Revolution and beyond also. Your point being?
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  6.  @timonsolus  : Wrong. They were a textbook example of socialists.
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  7.  @timonsolus  : Wrong. They were. Go read some history.
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  8.  @timonsolus  What made Strasser and Hitler have a falling out was as written in the text by Strasser titled "The socialists leave the NSDAP", that he did not approve of Hitlers imperial "Lebensraum" policies and considered National Socialism to be a non-expansionist movement. Also Strasser had sought in the winter of 1932 to reach an electoral agreement with then Chancellor von Schleicher that would have barred Hitler from rising to power.
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  9. There is no Far-Right in mainstream European politics.
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  10.  @Redf322  : That is not how Far-Right works though. That is how modern governments work.
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  11. There is no Fascism anywhere in Europe. It hasn't been a thing since the WW2 era.
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  12.  @charliemoore2551  "I suppose you can nit-pick and say it's specific to a certain era. There are quite a few historians who hide behind that one. I wonder why? " Because it is a historical fact. Nobody has tried to implement Mussolini's revolutionary syndicalism which idolized the Roman Empire. However many people were influenced by Fascism and had their own Neo-Fascist spin ... well, the UK people should know as they had Oswald Mosley.
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  13.  @charliemoore2551  "Alternatively, you can live in the real world and recognise the fact that there's very little difference between the ideology of AfD and National Rally and that of Mussolini and Hitler." I highly doubt AfD is advocating for socialism i.e. nationalization and centralization of the economy under a one-party State... like National Socialists and Fascists did.
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  14. " Neoliberalism is fascism by any other name. " Wrong. They are more or less the polar opposite of ideologies.
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  15. "Liberals facilitate fascism, they always do. " Liberalism doesn't mean what you think it means. Also Liberalism and Fascism are philosophical and ideological enemies.
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  16. "Far right is associated with Fascism. " Except Fascism was a socialist Far-Left ideology.
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  17. "It was defined in Mussolini's books on fascism as the merger of Government and corporate interests under Socialist thinking people. . " No. Mussolini has never said such a thing. Common misquote. There was no merger, and there was only Government interest above everything else.
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  18. "Starmer is Far Right. " No. He is a left leaning centrist or just leftist.
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  19.  @boptah7489  Mussolini advocated for Corporatism. It had nothing to do with businesses. However true, he was indeed a socialist.
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  20. "What is wrong with being a Socialist?" Effectively you are then in favor of theft, and something which requires totalitarianism. No country has been able to make the thing work properly.
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  21. There is only one Far-Right politician in mainstream politics in general, that is, the president of Argentina Javier Milei.
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  22. Nazis were from the (Far) Left
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  23. Hitler was a devout socialist and the Neo-Nazis are Far-Left socialists as well. Nothing to do with Right wing of any kind.
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  24.  @Redf322  : Hitler was a National Socialist, not a Fascist.
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  25.  @Redf322  "The word socialism was adopted for popularity. " Wrong. It was used because by definition they were advocating for it.
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  26.  @Redf322  "They were a fascist party, " Wrong. They were a National Socialist party. Nothing to do with Fascism.
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  27. "The state provides modern infrastructure, a police force, independent courts and judiciary, laws to protect property rights and an educated and contented workforce." If the State would only provide the police, firemen etc, independent courts, laws and judiciary... everything would be fine, since then we would have a Night-watchman state. But no country has such a limited government now do they, and that's the problem.
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  28. "It is bizarre how you can be deemed far left just because you have compassion and empathy for others." It's not the compassion and empathy... it's the fact that the things you mentioned are supposed to be achieved via stealing money from others.
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  29. You do know that Classical Liberalism is the epitome of humanity and decency, right?
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  30.  @calzonelover3950  "What do you think is the better definition of far right?" If the Far-Left is characterized by socialist ideologies and collectivism in general, then logic dictates, that the Far-Right in return is characterized by capitalist ideologies and individualism in general. Therefore, the epitome of Far-Right is Liberalism as it was put forth by John Locke, i.e. free market and laissez-faire economics and civil liberties under the rule of law, with special emphasis on property rights, individual autonomy, limited government, economic freedom, political freedom and freedom of speech. From there, it is logical to conclude that the Extreme Right would be Anarcho-Capitalism.
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  31.  @calzonelover3950  "If it was only about individualism then in theory you would have no border controls because anyone is free to move across borders as they like and no collective can tell them no." And that is true, as under Liberalism the sole purpose of the government is to protect people's lives, liberty and property and that's about it. Free movement and trade would be acceptable, as long as it doesn't conflict with the previously mentioned.
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  32.  @calzonelover3950  "Right wing parties are know for various levels of nationalism and social conservatism." That is not how Right wing works though. First of all, nationalism is a form of collectivism which sees all other states as inferior and in competition. Right wing ideologies do not embrace Nationalism, but rather Patriotism. In all Right wing ideologies, the Individual is superior to the State. Secondly, "social conservatism" doesn't mean anything by itself as there is no single set of policies regarded as conservative because the meaning of conservatism depends on what is considered traditional in a given place and time.
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  33.  @calzonelover3950  "By your logic the GOP in America isn't a right wing party because of its social conservatism. " Depends on what they are trying to preserve and how. If they want to preserve the current left leaning status quo for example, then no, they are not on the Right.
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  34.  @calzonelover3950  "Are you worried because you are right wing and fine with immigration and these far right types are giving the right a bad name?" They aren't Far-Right, that's the issue. I am Far-Right.
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  35.  @calzonelover3950  : Immigration is a non-issue for people like me who do not advocate for a "welfare" nanny state and want to tear the current one down, as immigration would naturally sort itself out. There would be no incentive to migrate willy-nilly and it would be more or less worked-based unless there are voluntary organizations taking them in and helping them personally. It's not rocket science. Once the Government starts handing out "free money" then it shouldn't be a surprise that eventually people from poorer countries will flock in, where that same amount of money is someone's monthly wage. Take the stupid UK UBI experiment from last year for example... £1,600 is pretty much what my wife makes in a month, and a bit less what I make. If UK would be stupid enough to actually give that amount to absolutely everyone, me and my wife would literally just move to UK and retire.
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  36. "Raising the minimum wage would actually save the government money!" Nope. It just doesn't.
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  37.  @KM_Mountain  : Argentinian president, Javier Milei.
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  38.  @Redf322  : Every country already has that, and it is not working.
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  39. National Socialists were the less radical left wing. They were by definition, socialists.
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  40. "The 'Far Right' years ago was the likes of Mussolini, Franco, Hitler, Mosley etc... " Actually they were Far-Left socialists. They had nothing to do with Right wing of any kind.
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  41.  @franko2886  : Nope. I'm citing historical facts. Fascism was a totalitarian far-left, socialist 3rd position ideology based on National Syndicalism which they adapted from a French Marxist, known as Georges Sorel. It rejected individualism, capitalism, liberalism, democracy, and marxism. The means of production was organized by national worker syndicals (i.e. trade unions), and the guiding philosophy of the state was Actual Idealism. Fascism was an outgrowth of Sorellian Syndicalism, which itself was an outgrowth from Marxist socialism. The idea was that society would be consolidated (i.e., incorporated) into syndicates (in the Italian context, fascio/fasci) which would be regulated by and serve as organs for the state, or "embody" the state (corpus = body). The purpose was the centralization and synchronization of society under the state, as an end unto itself. To quote Mussolini's infamous aphorism: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state." As created by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile, Fascism comes from a belief that the "Stateless and Classless society" Communism calls for after its dictatorship cannot achieve Socialism, and that only the State can properly organize a Socialist Society. It cared about unity in a strong central government with society being brought together by syndicalist organizations obedient to the State. [01] "La Dottrina Del Fascismo / the Doctrine of Fascism", by Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile [02] "Che cosa è il Fascismo: Discorsi e polemiche / Origins and Doctrine of Fascism", by Giovanni Gentile [03] "the Philosophy of Fascism", by Mario Palmieri [04] "Fascism: An Informal Introduction to Its Theory and Practice", by Renzo De Felice [05] "Mussolini's Intellectuals", by A. James Gregor [06] "La Camera dei Fasci e delle Corporazioni", by Rabaglietti Giuseppe & Sergio Panunzio [07] "Teoria generale dello Stato Fascista", by Sergio Panunzio [08] Any work from Emilio Gentile
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  42. What Far-Right?
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  43.  @reallymakesyouthink  "Do you understand why these ideas aren't compatible?" laissez-faire economics and civil rights most certainly are compatible.
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