Colin Powell Endorses Obama on 'Meet the Press'

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For the record, from an international affairs perspective,

(On the Left) Marxism -> Liberalism -> Moderate <- Realism <- Fascism (On the Right)

Fascism and Marxism are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. It stands to reason, however, that Marxism is solidly on the left (as is the US Democratic Party), and Fascism is solidly on the right. This is why:

According to The Globalization of World Politics, 2nd ed.,

As many historians and political theorists have pointed out, 'fascism' evades easy definition - arguably so incoherent as not to constitute a political philosophy at all. As practised[sic] in Italy, it entailed the establishment as a type of state popularity termed 'totalitarian' (especially after 1945), in which almost all aspects of its citizens' lives were subject to invasive regulation. In the sphere of employment, trade unions were abolished and 'corporations of employers and employees established, overseen by fascist bureaucrats. Whatever the legitimation in terms of harmonious labour[sic] relations, 'corporatism' in practice ensured that the interests of big business prevailed over those of organized labour.

Hitler's NAZI party did not practice the truest form of fascism - Mussolini did, at least ten years before Hitler's rise to power.

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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam

For the record, from an international affairs perspective,

(On the Left) Marxism -> Liberalism -> Moderate <- Realism <- Fascism (On the Right)

Fascism and Marxism are on opposite ends of the political spectrum. It stands to reason, however, that Marxism is solidly on the left (as is the US Democratic Party), and Fascism is solidly on the right. This is why:

According to The Globalization of World Politics, 2nd ed.,



Hitler's NAZI party did not practice the truest form of fascism - Mussolini did, at least ten years before Hitler's rise to power.

Your general point may be true when people are really paying attention to economic systems, but when you see lists like this:http://www.bushwatch.com/fascism.htm, you can see how the little that has to do with how the term is being thrown around.