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Originally posted by Kropotkin
I said that some communists use the term fascists for whom most others use the term nazis.
I said that some communists use the term fascists for whom most others use the term nazis.
Then this is no point at all. Why even bring it up? That's like saying some people say Scandinavian when others say Swede.
That those groups use different terms for the same thing doesn't mean that they differ in their perception of the ideology of the NSDAP.
You wrote your sentence in such a way that the only way it could be interpreted as if you meant that fascists and nazis are two different things. It is not my fault you meant something other than you wrote and then continued to defend it. All nazis are fascists, so there is no reason not to use the two terms interchangably.
There's obviously room for debate over to what degree the nazi regime, the nazi movement and/or the nazi ideology was fascist.
Superficial debate, maybe. I don't think it's all that worthwhile debating the rhetorical differences between the Nazis and the Fascists.
The nazis didn't show much interest for the corporative ideas from the italian fascists for example. But that goes for Mussolinis Italy also.
As I said, form versus essense. One could just as easily say that a red car isn't the same as a blue car, because it's red. Too many scholars get hung up on the trappings of the specific regimes, and don't look at what the actual substance of the systems were.
Well, doh. I haven't made field research about the political terms used in Jacksonville. Obviously that means that I must be a moron.
I mean the USA. And I didn't say you were a moron. I said your statement was utter crap, because it relied on two untrue positions.
Shi,
You are correct. The Stalinist definition of fascism has more to do with whatever policy the USSR had at the time than any actual study of fascism. I think, however, that the spread of the term fascist as a general insult can be traced more to the counter-culture of the 1960s, who hurled it at police, soldier, and politician alike.
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