Re: Unanswered Questions

Rat & Swan wrote:

> > Seems to be a little confusion here.  A fascist is one where the
> > government controls the use of private property,
> 
>    All governments control the use of private property to one
>    degree or another -- ours certainly does, the fascist
>    or Corporate State, the Nazi state, and the socialist state do.
>    Private property was very much intact in Nazi Germany.  Big
>    business had ties to the government and was active in financing
>    it, as many businessmen, such as Fritz Thyssen, saw the Nazis
>    as a defense against Bolshevism.  There were also leftist
>    Nazis such as Goebbels and Otto Strasser and his brother,
>    Gregor.
> 
> > the talk here is about
> > NAZI government policies.  For example, if the government could tell you
> > what color to paint your house or how many bathrooms to have for your
> > employees, that would be a fascist government.
> 
>    Our U.S. government CAN tell people what color to paint their houses
>    and, at least, what kind of fixtures you can have in your bathroom,
>    depending on the locality.  And does.
> 
>    Rat

I think we agree in fact.  Some problem with semantics perhaps.  It just
bothers me to see the language used incorrectly by people that appear to
be native users.