Republicans == Democrats and Democrats == Republicans

I'm always impressed by the level of fascism displayed by the left. I know they don't see themselves that way but fascist differed from communist in one way and that was they believed in capitalism or more precisely state capitalism. It was the idea that a free capitalist society had to be managed so as not to destroy the economy. The decisions were to complicated to be left to individuals so the fascist had to regulate those industries and ensure they were functioning properly.

They also had to do it for the collective good versus their own individual good. The difference is huge in that a free-enterprise society basically stipulates that the individual works for his own good and no one elses. Socialist of any variety despise this so free-enterprise was destroyed in both communist and fascist systems. Note I said free-enterprise and not necessarily capitalism. Free-enterprise and state capitalism are identical in that individuals are allowed to prosper by their own work but under fascist collective thinking the individuals had to direct their efforts to the collective good. They had to make whatever state thought was best for the greater needs of society. This allowed the social planners to dictate what is to be made and how much is to be made.

The difference is the difference between Henry Ford Model T and Volkswagen's VW Bug. They were both cars of the common man but Ford made it to benefit his own pocketbook and not for the people and not under the command of a economic dictator. The bug was made by Hitler's order. The company made profit but were ultimately forced to do something that they did not want to. One was born out of the free-will and labor of one man and the other was born out of the dictates of dictator.

We often call lefties socialist and instantly compare them to communist but that is not accurate. The accurate description is fascist because no lefty wants to destroy capitalist companies. This is evident in the bailout of the banks and car companies. According to them, they had to be rescued so that we can have cars for the nation. In the same Hitler would have rescued Volkswagen so that they can keep making bugs we rescue big companies all in the name of the greater need of society because society can't tolerate the loss of these businesses. They are to big to fail and their destruction would bring about the end of America.

I'm exaggerating a little but there is a similarity between fascist and today's socialist parties of both the left and the right. I find that the republican party is partially to blame for this in that they to think in terms of 'to big to fail' which makes it hard to pick a side because both parties essentially adopt the same policy. Have you notice this? We laughed at Kerry for faking his belief in gun ownership yet republicans pass just as many laws against gun ownership as they do. I wish that people would begin to see that we are dealing with the same party who have the same socialist philosophy as 20th century fascist.