When I say one in the same I refer to the size of government, because as far as I'm concerned thats the only reasonable thing to compare. That is......the difference between collectivism and individualism....the difference between a democracy and a republic....the difference between 100% government and 0% government....the difference between tyranny and freedom.
Both fascism and communism promote close to 100% government, only the methods for achieving their "perfect society" differ; the basic concepts are very similar.
Communism and Fascism are both forms of collectivism. All collectivist societies share the same basic concepts:
- Greater good for the greater number - Promotion of group rights over individual rights. - Use of coercion and/or force to bring about desireable changes to society - Rights granted to them (and possibly denied) by the government. - Government provides for the people - etc...
"Communism owns all the businesses. Fascism owns all the government. The business in fascism is owned by individuals and corporations." Fascism has very strict regulation, control and central planning of the economy. It might as well be a government function because it sure as hell doesn't represent a purely capitalist society.
A truly capitalist society would be free from government regulation of the economy. Fascism and communism are one in the same. Both fascism and communism promotes a system of strong government control. Capitalism if anything is the ideoligical opposite, this is because capitalism would ideally need zero government.
We do not have capitalism (I wish we did), instead we have a mixed economy in which companies lobby for special privleges from the government in order to limit competition in the market-place. Big corporation LOVE government intervention, they love nothing more than the government to pass a huge regulation on their industry. It doesn't hinder them, it helps them.
Furthermore we have a centrally planned monetary system based on credit expansion, this is the anti-thesis to free market capitalism. Our current monetaryessentially steals from the poor to feed the rich.
"A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank."...therefore... "Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism." - Ron Paul
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Whoa, no need to name call.
...the difference between collectivism and individualism. ...the difference between a democracy and a republic. ...the difference between 100% government and 0% government. ...the difference between tyranny and freedom.
When I say one in the same I refer to the size of government, because as far as I'm concerned thats the only reasonable thing to compare. That is...
Both fascism and communism promote close to 100% government, only the methods for achieving their "perfect society" differ; the basic concepts are very similar.
Communism and Fascism are both forms of collectivism. All collectivist societies share the same basic concepts:
- Greater good for the greater number
- Promotion of group rights over individual rights.
- Use of coercion and/or force to bring about desireable changes to society
- Rights granted to them (and possibly denied) by the government.
- Government provides for the people
- etc...
"Communism owns all the businesses. Fascism owns all the government. The business in fascism is owned by individuals and corporations."
Fascism has very strict regulation, control and central planning of the economy. It might as well be a government function because it sure as hell doesn't represent a purely capitalist society.
You've got everythig completely backward.
...therefore... "Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism." - Ron Paul
A truly capitalist society would be free from government regulation of the economy. Fascism and communism are one in the same. Both fascism and communism promotes a system of strong government control. Capitalism if anything is the ideoligical opposite, this is because capitalism would ideally need zero government.
We do not have capitalism (I wish we did), instead we have a mixed economy in which companies lobby for special privleges from the government in order to limit competition in the market-place. Big corporation LOVE government intervention, they love nothing more than the government to pass a huge regulation on their industry. It doesn't hinder them, it helps them.
Furthermore we have a centrally planned monetary system based on credit expansion, this is the anti-thesis to free market capitalism. Our current monetaryessentially steals from the poor to feed the rich.
"A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank."